Problems with access to the YouTube video hosting service for Russians are not related to Google's actions.
The corporation denies that technical problems or other actions are to blame for the failures.
Google emphasized that the problems for Russian users are not the result of technical problems on the part of the company. This is reported by Kommersant .
YouTube Slowdown
Russians began complaining en masse about a video hosting service failure on August 1.
According to monitoring services, reports of problems began to appear around 1:00 a.m. Moscow time.
Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg complained most often about access problems.
Mobile operators warned their customers about the imminent slowdown of YouTube back on July 30.
A few days earlier, Rostelecom began reporting an increase in complaints from subscribers about the quality of the video hosting service.
The State Duma explained that the problem was caused by difficulties with storing data in Russian data centers.
