Russia is calling on the global community to adopt legally binding international mechanisms to prevent IT giants from abusing their control over digital technologies, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, expressing concern over two waves of communication device blasts in Lebanon, Anadolu reports.

Responding to a question from an Anadolu correspondent at a news conference in Moscow, she emphasised that Western corporations dominate key IT production, concentrating power in their hands.

“They restrict technology transfers to developing nations and states with independent policies, ensuring that their monopoly remains intact,” Zakharova explained, adding that “this monopoly allows them to exert pressure and control processes.”

The official also noted that American IT companies are supported by US and allied intelligence agencies, which use their influence for espionage and interference in other countries’ internal affairs.