Google moves engineers out of Russia

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The firm said it "remains committed" to Google users in the country and told the BBC it has relocated engineers in other countries on previous occasions.

Google declined to say how many staff would be affected by the move.

In July this year, the Russian parliament passed a law requiring internet companies to store citizens' personal data inside the country.

The Kremlin has said the law is designed to aid data protection but critics have seen it as an attempt to censor internet access as the law would give the government powers to block sites which refused to comply.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30449117

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1. You couldn't pay me to go to Russia. nt