An official representative of Google has informed the Russian State Duma that Crimea was shown as a Russian region on Google Maps when accessing the maps from Russia, Leonid Levin, the lower house's information policy committee chair, said Thursday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th January, 2019) An official representative of Google has informed the Russian State Duma that Crimea was shown as a Russian region on Google Maps when accessing the maps from Russia, Leonid Levin, the lower house's information policy committee chair, said Thursday.
Earlier in the day, lower house speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin said he would be summoning a Google representative to the State Duma's security committee to discuss Crimea's status on Google Maps. According to the lawmaker, the peninsula was shown as part of a foreign state, which constituted a breach of the Russian law.
"When accessing the maps from Russia, Crimea is shown as a Russian territory. In addition, Google's official representative contacted us... and officially confirmed that on the territory of Russia, Crimea is shown as Russian territory, while abroad it is shown as a disputed territory," Levin said.
