The issue focused on what the Russian government should do about its network of Internet firms, which include large companies like Google and Facebook and smaller companies like Kaspersky Lab, which are used by many Russians to keep their computers running.


This week, the European Union announced that it would require tech companies operating in the bloc to carry out computer security checks on users and install new software that detects and blocks potentially harmful software on computers that use their network.


The issue has also come up in the US