SOLNECHNOGORSK /Moscow Region/, July 27. /TASS/. Russia maintains its obligations in the social sphere and, therefore, it cannot afford spending hundreds of billions of dollars on social networks like the United States does, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told the Territory of Meanings forum.

There is no law in the information sector, so the "might makes right" rule is widely used there, he added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin studies every subject that he is working on in detail, and is ready to discuss matters with related specialists on an equal footing, the Kremlin spokesman said.

Below are Peskov’s key remarks made at the forum.

Spending on social networks