According to the estimations conducted by “Sophos” in the fourth quarter of 2007 Russia occupied the second place after the USA, driving back China, among 12 countries distributing spam, while in 2006 it was not in the list at all. In the forth quarter of the last year 8,3% of all undesirable ads was delivered from Russia in Internet, from the USA - 21,3, from China 4,2%. Although the Russian spammers gained in 2007 the profits amounting to about USD 13-15 million, the Russian spam-receivers suffered losses fluctuating from USD 30 to 500 million per year according to various estimations. In European Community countries in 2007 the losses amounted to Euro 51 billion.
Experts maintain that spam fighting in Russia is complicated since the local Internet-providers are not obliged to prohibit illegal dispatch.
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