New Western sanctions prohibit U.S. companies from entering Russia to seek Chinese certification services

"Global network reporter Gepeng," according to the Russian satellite news network February 13, Russia's large domain name registrars and internet hosting service provider Ru-center Analysis Group director Alexander Venedyukhin said that the western new round of sanctions after the entry into force, The Russian business community may seek certification from the China Certification Center, which will issue an SSL certificate.

Last December, U.S. President Barack Obama signed a decree banning U.S. companies from serving or selling goods in Crimea from February 1, 2015. For Crimean users, Apple and Google have closed AppStore, Google Play and other paid services. Visa and MasterCard are not available on Crimea Pen., payment systems PayPal and auctions and trading sites ebay also cease to serve Crimea. Last week the large US domain registrar Go Daddy started to close the Crimean domain name.

The sanctions also touch the Russian network of companies that have registered and used financial instruments in Crimea. Experts explained that when paying for goods and services on websites of such companies through the Internet, the SSL certificate provided by the certification authority (Secure Sockets Layer Certificate) is required, and the existing foreign certification center is basically registered in the United States and the United Kingdom.

"China has a similar, fairly good certification center," Venedyukhin said. We are currently considering cooperating with China in this respect. ”

Sanctions may also contribute to the development of Russia's IT sector. While there is no limit to the export of IT equipment to Russia, the price of IT equipment has risen sharply due to the devaluation of the rouble. Experts believe that this will first lead to foreign equipment to start the localization of Russian production, and then Russia's own production base will follow.

Venedyukhin said Western product prices have risen, making Chinese equipment more competitive, including the equipment needed to build a Russian data center. From September 1, 2015 onwards, the personal data of Russian users transmitted via the Internet will only be stored on servers in Russia, and a data center will need to be established.

New Western sanctions prohibit U.S. companies from entering Russia to seek Chinese certification services