Nikita Tsaplin, CEO of the RUVDS hosting provider,

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The head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, believes that foreign hosting providers have not submitted notifications to the registry "against the backdrop of the continuation of the anti-Russian policy in terms of information pressure, as in the case of Google or Meta Platforms (recognized as an extremist organization in Russia and banned, its social networks Facebook and Instagram are blocked. — RBC), ignoring Russian laws." "The Russian market is open to IT companies from friendly countries, and if they want to enter it as part of developing their business, I think they will conscientiously comply with Roskomnadzor's requirements," the deputy noted.

To apply to the registry of dominican republic whatsapp number database hosting providers, you need to register a legal entity or at least rent computing resources in Russia, Konstantin Anisimov reminded, but due to sanctions, none of the foreign hosting companies will risk their business and comply with these requirements. "Everyone who did business here, and these are mainly software companies and equipment manufacturers, on the contrary, closed their representative offices so as not to risk their main businesses," Anisimov emphasized.

At the same time, Mikhail Shurygin noted that large hosting providers from “friendly” countries, such as Alibaba Cloud from China, were still operating on the Russian market.

also believes that political motives played a role. According to him, the departure of Hetzner and GoDaddy from Russia is connected with Western sanctions against companies that will continue to work with Russian legal entities. In addition, the new regulation also requires organizing authorization by phone and Russian card, installing operational investigative measures systems (SORM, which allow analyzing correspondence and conversations of users), connecting to the state system for detecting, preventing and eliminating the consequences of computer attacks (GosSOPKA), etc., which may also be difficult for foreign companies.

At the same time, RU-CENTER CEO Andrey Kuzmichev noted that foreign hosting providers in Russia had "relatively small client portfolios" and they "have no reason to hold on" to them "to the detriment of their main "home" markets." According to him, there are no technical obstacles to foreign players entering the Russian market; the requirement to have a local "daughter" for work exists in many jurisdictions, that is, the absence of applications for inclusion in the register is "rather a business development priority."

What will happen after February 1st
According to a representative of Roskomnadzor, the legislation does not provide for administrative liability for companies that are not included in the register, but starting from February 1, they will be prohibited from providing hosting services in Russia. "Such an organization must submit a notification of the commencement of operations before the start of providing services," he noted.

Konstantin Anisimov from Rusonyx believes that after February 1, Roskomnadzor may begin using "coercive measures", for example, limiting traffic to sites that use resources of providers not included in the register. Nikita Tsaplin expects sites to be blocked by a court decision, or to be excluded from search results.

Andrey Kuzmichev is confident that websites hosted by hosting providers not included in the registry will not "turn into pumpkins" at midnight on February 1. "The registry was not conceived as a switch, it is rather a mechanism for responding to attacks and introducing a mandatory basic level of security for the market. I assume that a pause has been taken for a detailed study of the registry after the collection <...>, and some sanctions against companies ignoring the requirements of Russian legislation will appear later," he reasons.

A representative of Selectel says that they also do not expect significant changes in the market from February 1. He noted that in 2022-2023 the market managed to adapt - most large and medium-sized clients completed the "move" to Russian capacities.