In short, the new law controls the relations that are associated with the activities of foreign organisations in the Internet on the territory of the Russian Federation - it establishes requirements for the process of doing business in Russia, the rights and obligations of foreign companies, new measures and requirements for the process of organizing and conducting these activities.
The scope of the law applies to companies that own sites, pages of sites or computer programs, access to which during the day is provided to more than 500 000 Internet users living in the Russian Federation.
In addition to the half-million audience, it's necessary to comply with one more condition from the below specified ones, so that the company was subject to the new law.