MOSCOW, September 24 (RAPSI) – The head of Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Monday that all major websites with pirate movies had been blocked, the Kremlin press service reported.

The work on detection of illegal content and taking measures to remove such information is in progress and will be continued, the President’s press service quoted Zharov as having said.

Moreover, over the last three years, Roskomnadzor found 1,200 companies out of control distributing of personal data bases containing information on cars and residential property of Russian citizens. According to Zharov, 690 websites removed this information while 550 resources were blocked.