And we delegate that out to organizations like Internet Society in Armenia,” Conrad explains. “My impressions have been that everyone is very energetic and forward-looking in terms of the future of Armenian telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Internet in Armenia is somewhat connected to Russia, and as a result rules set by their providers sometimes apply here too. “For Armenia, because of the network topology here, the way data goes from Armenia to get to the rest of the Internet, it transits Russia. The data that you provide to Google and Facebook is what Google and Facebook then turn around to sell to advertisers.