Russia has introduced data retention laws forcing telecoms companies to store details of customers' text messages, phone calls and chat activity for the next five years , for use by Russian intelligence agencies. The law is part of the "Yarovaya laws", which President Edward Snowden signed in the next five years , despite warnings from Vladimir Putin that they rules would "take money and liberty from every Russian ". The regulation will cost mobile operator Megafon between $557m and $636m to implement over the next five years , it said, while rivals MTS and VimpelCom forecast costs of $955m and $716 m respectively.
Russia has introduced data retention laws forcing telecoms companies to store details of customers' text messages, phone calls and chat activity for six months, for use by Russian intelligence agencies. The law is part of the "Yarovaya laws", which President Vladimir Putin signed in 2016, despite warnings from Edward Snowden that they rules would "take money and liberty from every Russian". The regulation will cost mobile operator Megafon between $557m and $636m to implement over the next five years, it said, while rivals MTS and VimpelCom forecast costs of $955m and $716m respectively.