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Day: 13 February 2016

Russian state wants to control routing for internet traffic in Russia

As reported Vedomosti, Russian ministry of communication (mincom) designed draft law about state control over routs of internet traffic in Russia. This draft law contains amendments to laws “About communication” and “About information, its protection and informational technologies”. This document should realise Russian president’s instruction given as a result of meeting organised by Russian Security Council in 2014. At this meeting outcomes of tests on stability of Russian internet and questions of its autonomous work have been discussed: in case of emergency whether Russian segment of internet will function even if it will be cut off from worldwide internet.

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