MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and ...

Russia has rejected a proposal from within their main domestic security agency that was seeking to ban Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail due to a perception that they are “major threats” to national security.

MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. Skype is not highly popular among ordinary users in Russia at present and domestic counterparts are being proactively developed and used for government institutions and ...