Local users of the company’s services have recently reported problems while trying to register new accounts
Google is planning to continue offering its free services in Russia, the company said, as cited by Russian newspaper Vedomosti. The US tech giant added that it was working to resolve issues with creating new user accounts.
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media warned that Russian Google users should create backup copies of their data, saying the tech giant’s parent company Alphabet had apparently started preventing them from registering new accounts in the country.
The announcement came shortly after some Google users in Russia experienced problems while trying to verify their identity via SMS, with the service reporting an error. The ministry said users should switch to other methods of two-factor authentication.
“We know that some users in Russia are having issues using Google accounts, and…