Ex-Russian president backs pirating foreign content
Dmitry Medvedev told RT that the move is absolutely justified under “siege” conditions
Former President Dmitry Medvedev has no problem with Russians pirating Western intellectual property in the face of sanctions the US and its allies have imposed, he told RT on Tuesday.
In an interview with RT’s Maria Finoshina, Medvedev dodged the question of whether Russia should amend its intellectual property law, which is based on the Berne and Geneva conventions. He admitted, however, that he fully endorses online piracy.
“That I welcome the use of pirated content in an environment where we have been besieged from all sides is…
