Andrei Lipov
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Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) · Russia
On the regime page: Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin
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“Since 2012, when legislation was first adopted to remove prohibited content from online resources, more than 1.5 million materials have been removed.”
Original (Russian)
Начиная с 2012 года, когда впервые было принято наше законодательство по удалению запрещённого контента из сети Интернет, у нас на сегодняшний день уже удалено более 1,5 миллиона материалов.
English: English text published by the Presidential Press and Information Office, en.kremlin.ru
Lipov reported to the President on the agency's work. Putin's follow-up question ('What kind of content, exactly?') and Lipov's answer (suicide promotion, child sexual abuse material, drug content, and extremist and terrorist material) follow in the transcript.
Working meeting of President Putin with Roskomnadzor head Andrei Lipov, Moscow, 10 August 2020 (transcript, kremlin.ru) Source
“For the most part, Roskomnadzor catches all those threats. Almost 800 people are working in our round-the-clock service in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and in all time zones. As many as 9,500 conventional media outlets, about 500 television and radio channels and all the most popular social media platforms are constantly on our radar.”
Original (Russian)
В Роскомнадзоре, в общем, вся эта опасность отлавливается. Почти 800 человек у нас работают в круглосуточной службе во всех субъектах Российской Федерации, во всех часовых поясах. На радарах постоянно 9,5 тысячи традиционных СМИ, примерно 500 теле-, радиоканалов и все самые популярные социальные сети наших граждан.
English: English text published by the Presidential Press and Information Office, en.kremlin.ru
Lipov described the agency's round-the-clock monitoring service, in answer to Putin's invitation to report on illegal information on the internet.
Working meeting of President Putin with Roskomnadzor head Andrei Lipov, Moscow, 10 August 2020 (transcript, kremlin.ru) Source
“Relatively speaking, until you comply, no one will be able to make calls through you”
English: English as quoted by Mediazona (en.zona.media), 13 August 2025. Original-language text not found.
Lipov spoke of a 'tough option' of blocking calls on foreign messaging apps that did not follow Russian law, with fraud prevention as the stated reason. Roskomnadzor began restricting WhatsApp and Telegram calls in August 2025; WhatsApp was later blocked in Russia (reported February 2026).
Interview of Roskomnadzor head Andrei Lipov with TASS, October 2024, as quoted by Mediazona Source