Russia: Microsoft Representative ‘Would Be Glad’ To Provide FSB with Skype Source Code · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Nikolay Pryanishnikov, president of “Microsoft-Russia,” said ‘he would be glad’ to provide Federal Security Service (FSB) with the source code of Skype, after the corporation finalizes the deal. Some media outlets  first misinterpreted [ru] his statement, but later Microsoft had officially explained [ru]: “Within many years Microsoft had provided FSB with the source code of our software. In perspective, Skype can join the list of such products.” For many digital activists Skype remains one of the secure tools of online communication.