(Reuters) – Due to Google’s reluctance to improve its hardware in Russia and its refusal to unblock Russian media outlets, YouTube speeds on desktop computers in Russia are expected to drastically decrease, a senior politician with ties to the authorities stated on Friday.

Russia has punished Alphabet’s Google multiple times for failing to delete content that it views as unlawful or undesirable and criticized the U.S. corporation for taking down Russian media and public figure YouTube channels.

Slower speeds on the video hosting website, according to Alexander Khinshtein, head of the lower house of parliament’s information policy committee, were a forced move taken against YouTube because they felt they could break Russian legislation without facing consequences.

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