In Russia, they started talking about blocking YouTube by autumn

Member of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Igor Ashmanov said that

YouTube may be blocked in Russia by the fall. They say everything depends on building the normal operation of similar services. Once this is achieved, a blockage will supposedly occur. Discuss

Ashmanov spoke about this when speaking at a round table in the Public Chamber on the topic of threats to underage Internet users.

"We need to count on him (YouTube -prib.) will still be blocked. Its owner has just been fined once again for not deleting content. This will end someday. I think this will end by the fall, when Rutube will start working normally, the VKontakte video will become more or less self-hosted. When normal operation of these services begins, a replacement will appear,” Ashmanov said.

He has previously said that it is necessary to prepare for blocking YouTube, but so far this has not happened.