OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to deal with the slowdown in YouTube, said Mosfilm CEO Karen Shakhnazarov.

Putin held a meeting with Shakhnazarov in the Kremlin on November 13. They discussed the film concern's participation in charity, including the support of its participants.

"Slowing down YouTube, in my opinion, is not very advisable today, to which the president said that there are all sorts of dirty tricks... He listened and said: "I'll figure it out, I'll take a look," Shakhnazarov said on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, noting that the head of state is open to various topics.

Earlier it was reported that the head of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Yaroslav Nilov (LDPR) will send an appeal to Roskomnadzor with a request to inform about the situation with the slowdown of YouTube, as well as about its future in Russia.