LinkedIn hopes to reappear in Russia after blocking

MOSCOW, Nov 18 (PRIME) -- LinkedIn, a U.S. business and employment-oriented social network, expects to become available again in Russia, it said on Friday in a letter addressed to local users.

“Most of our services can be unavailable on the territory of the Russian Federation during a certain period of time,” the network said.

The local communications service added the resource to the register of forbidden information on Thursday and asked connection operators to block it, the first case of muting one of the biggest social networks in the country.

The service said LinkedIn had broken the law obliging Internet companies to store personal data of citizens on the country’s territory. Two courts sided with the authority.

LinkedIn insists on respecting the law and is studying all possible ways to solve the dispute. It offered the service to meet and discuss transfer of personal data.

The network said Russians can use the resource outside the country, and accounts will be closed only upon receipt of a corresponding request.

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