Is it really within a federal official's authority to tell residents where they should be chatting?
Chairman of the A Just Russia party Sergey Mironov commented on his Telegram channel on the statement by the head of the Ministry of Construction, Irek Faizullin, at a meeting of the Federation Council about moving building chats to the new messenger MAX.
"The minister mentioned the President's instruction. Yes, Vladimir Putin asked to support the development of a national messenger. But he did not instruct anyone, anywhere, to forcibly drive people out of the services they use and into the 'right' messenger… As for building chats, the Ministry of Construction should set other goals. Through concerted effort it should ensure that residents write with admiration about the price and quality of housing and communal services, the effectiveness of management companies and of the ministry itself. And which messenger is used for that is a matter of little importance."
MAX was created by the company VK. In Russia there is a large-scale campaign to migrate users from the more popular WhatsApp and Telegram to MAX. Calls via WhatsApp and Telegram are currently restricted by Roskomnadzor.
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Is it really within a federal official's authority to tell residents where they should be chatting?
Sergey Mironov, chairman of the A Just Russia party, commented on his Telegram channel on a statement by the head of the Ministry of Construction, Irek Faizullin, at a Federation Council session about transferring building chat groups to the new messenger MAX.
