Smelyanskaya Maria Yuryevna

Head of the Department of Legal Support, International and General Interaction of Roskomnadzor. Maria Smelyanskaya is responsible for improving the legal regulation in Roskomnadzor’s activities, including the tightening of regulation, the expansion of the agency’s powers, and the increase in obligations imposed on citizens and organizations. She is also responsible for defending, on the international stage, the Russian authorities’ claimed right to regulate and enforce laws in Russia’s national internet without regard for international norms.