With an increasing number of Western companies ceasing business with Russia, residents of the country are running out of options for accessing entertainment from the rest of the world. The Russian government has, for that reason, declared piracy legal, freeing individuals and Russian entities from patent law.
Rumor of Kremlin discussions to loosen piracy laws while sanctions continue first surfaced earlier this week. A government document entitled “Priority Action Plan for Ensuring the Development of the Russian Economy in the Conditions of External Sanctions Pressure,” viewed by TorrentFreak, proposed legalizing unofficial software downloads for which there is no Russian alternative, for example. Other Russian political discussions proposed re-opening RuTracker, a very popular torrent site that’s long been blocked by Russian ISPs.
