Russia joins India to seek alternative to Twitter

By Sushant Maji New Delhi, Feb 17 : Russia has now joined India to seek an alternative to microblogging titan Twitter, after it was used to support protesters backing Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
Moscow has raised the red flag at a time when Twitter found itself in the crosshairs of Modi administration after its tepid response to Indian requests to reign in supporters of farmers’ agitation.Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he does not rule out the possibility of switching off foreign internet services in Russia in the event of hostile action against the country.
Earlier, The Government of India had asked Twitter to delete several accounts permanently after the January 26 Delhi Red Fort violence, but Twitter did not do so. Consequently, the Government of India had advised people to use an indigenous company like Koo as an alternative to Twitter.
During his conversation with media honchos, Putin said that it will not be possible to restrict foreign internet services until we come up with our own alternative.
I do not want to cut anything off, but if hostile acts are done against our country, I do not exclude it. Any hostile action against the country is not acceptable,” Putin said.
During this, President Putin also mentioned some of the companies of his country such as Yandex and Sberbank, and said that they have good prospects.