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World Service,3 mins
Why does Russia want to limit foreign ownership of tech firms?
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
A planned law to cap foreign stakes in technology companies to 20% is thought to have originated in the office of President Vladimir Putin. Critics fear it may be a setback for the Russian technology industry, but as Dr Jenny Mathers from the University of Aberyswyth tells the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's Russell Padmore, the law may be motivated more by politics than economics. (Picture: A mobile phone with a Russian banking app. Donat Sorokin/TASS/Getty Images.)
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