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Russian Roskomnadzor can receive authority to block domains in .ru and рф zone worldwide without court decision

Roskomnadzor can block domains in .ru and .рф zones under current and effective Russian law. But this blocking is effective in Russia, in other countries web-sites, included in black list in Russia, can be accessible. In order to make blocking faster and more effective, new idea to make Roskomnadzor’s authority broader has been proposed. Would it be better, if Roskomnadzor had authority to block domains worldwide without court order? Certainly it relates to domains in .ru and .рф zones.

Such authority will be considered and discussed with participation of representatives from Russian ministry of communications, Roskomnadzor and Coordination center for TLD RU/РФ (responsible for registration rules in .ru and .рф zone). The question of technical means to circumvent Roskomnadzor’s blocking is not relevant for today agenda.