Russian QIWI and British Skrill subjected ban by Roskomnadzor. Sites were added to the register of sites containing illegal content. It is reported with reference to the source documents.
The reason for the inclusion in the roster was the posting on the site information about money transfer order to the sites of foreign online bookmakers to participate in gambling.
After checking both domains it was discovered that www.skrill.com domain was submitted at 24/06/2016 and domain https://qiwi.com at 28/01/2016. The grounds were prohibited information about illegal online bookmakers in Russia.
Today, QIWI and Skrill sites operate without any restrictions.
Legally recognized today only 4 bookmakers – ligastavok.ru, 888.ru, Winlinebet.ru and 1xstavka.ru. They all have a Federal Tax license for sports betting operations.