On the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Internet and the Russian “Cloud” were booming. But the Western sanctions have stopped their growth in their tracks.
Another factor here is that US export controls against China -- both those directed specifically against companies like Huawei and those directed more generally against China's access to leading edge semiconductor technology -- are starting to bite and will ensure both China (and by extension Russia to the extent it relies on Chinese backfill technology) remain a generation behind with the gap only growing.
Fake news. Huawei has NOT exited Russia (even if they offcially declared that).
I guess the rest of the text is the same quality.
Another factor here is that US export controls against China -- both those directed specifically against companies like Huawei and those directed more generally against China's access to leading edge semiconductor technology -- are starting to bite and will ensure both China (and by extension Russia to the extent it relies on Chinese backfill technology) remain a generation behind with the gap only growing.