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