Rostelecom PJSC — Ethics Grade F

Rostelecom PJSC receives an overall ethics grade of F (15/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Telecommunications. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 30
• privacy: 0
• consumer: 20
• environment: 40
• humanRights: 5

Documented incidents (3)

• State Censorship Implementation (high, 2022) — Rostelecom has been instrumental in implementing Russia's 'sovereign internet' law, facilitating widespread censorship and blocking of international news sites. The company enables state surveillance by deep-packet inspection of all user traffic.
• Major Internal Embezzlement (high, 2021) — Multiple high-ranking executives were arrested for large-scale embezzlement related to state contracts and public procurement. Investigations revealed the misappropriation of billions of rubles intended for digital infrastructure development.
• Global Traffic Hijacking (medium, 2020) — Security researchers identified Rostelecom as the source of a massive BGP hijacking incident that rerouted traffic from over 200 large networks, including Google, Facebook, and Akamai, through Russian servers.

Documented good deeds

• Rural Education Connectivity — Expanded high-speed fiber connectivity to more than 10,000 rural schools in remote regions to facilitate distance learning.

Ethical alternatives

• Telenor Group — Operates with significantly higher levels of privacy protection and transparency in government request reporting.