Internet giant Google has recently been transferring its servers to Russia, new 'strategy' move?

Internet giant Google has recently been transferring its servers to Russia, new 'strategy' move? (RBTH).

Internet giant Google has recently been transferring its servers to Russia. Experts believe the company is planning to develop new services and attempt to seize a substantial part of the market from Russian search engine Yandex, its main competitor in the country.

Google became one of the first foreign companies working in Russia to transfer the personal data of Russia citizens onto the country's territory.

This is required by a new law that will take effect in September 2015. Recently, eBay’s chief officer in Russia, Vladimir Dolgov, announced that his company is ready to do the same.

According to the RBC financial portal, Google began making arrangements to relocate its equipment to Russia more than a year ago and already has dozens of stands in several datacenters in the country.

Financial portal RBC obtained a transcript of a meeting dedicated to the new law held at the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.

General Director of StoreData Anton Platonov said during the meeting that it was revealed that Google already has dozens of stands in Russia-based datacenters.

It appears that Google does not fully trust local datacenters. One participant in the meeting added that Google keeps its information on its company’s property, referred to as a "classified semi-state enterprise."

In the participant’s words, Google does "not let anyone near its stands." Only the company's employees that come from abroad have access to the data.

Another participant in the meeting confirmed that Google happens to be a client of several commercial datacenters in Russia, including TrustInfo. In the participant’s words, Google already rents a room from TrustInfo and is currently discussing the rental of another. Read the full story here.