Linkedin will be banned in Russia possibly within this week. In August, a Moscow court upheld a decision to block Linkedin. Critics are worried that this decision will further expand the state’s control over Russian’s citizens to the internet. Roskomnadzor, the executive body responsible for regulating media, claims that Linkedin violated Russian privacy law by not storing users' personal information in Russia. Alexander Zharov, Roskomnadzor's chief, state that many larger internet companies are in the process of complying with this law. However, larger social media companies like Facebook and Twitter have not complied with this law. [More from The Independent]