Earlier in the Ministry threatened the company with problems due to the compliance of Ukrainian legislation on de-communization.
Google has decided to return to the map of the Peninsula occupied by the Soviet place names, previously replaced the historic Crimean Tatar names used in the framework of the company’s Pyrrhic victory in Ukraine.
As reported the press service of Google, the Russian version of maps Google Maps of the Crimea will be returned to the original names of the settlements.
“We are aware of the situation and are working actively to return on the Russian version of Google Maps, previous names,” said the company.
At the same time, the Minister of communications of Russia Nikolai Nikiforov said that the renaming of the Crimean settlements within Google Maps in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation is “short-sighted mistake that will allow the company “to effectively conduct business in Russia.
Earlier it was reported that the Internet service Google Maps has renamed a number of settlements in the occupied Crimea in accordance with the law of Ukraine on de-communization.
Thus, their names have changed Krasnoperekopsk, now called Yana Kapu, district centre Krasnogvardeyskaya – Kurman, Kirovskoe – islyam-Terek Soviet – testes is.
