Will the Russian Internet be cut off from abroad?

The working group under the Presidential Administration is preparing proposals for regulatory regulation on the Internet. In particular, it is proposed to introduce three levels of networks - local, regional and all -Russian, and the first two will be deprived of access to foreign networks.

According to Kommersant with reference to several sources in the IT sector, we are also talking about filtering content at all levels of data transmission networks and a ban on the placement of DNS servers of domains .ru and. RF outside Russia.

In addition, the working group proposes to deprive the Coordination Center of Domains .ru and. RF, who develops the rules for registering domain names in the .ru zones and the. RF, and transfer its functions to the authorized federal executive body.

The working group proposes to maintain requirements for licensing data transfer networks and television networks and at the same time make licensing subjects to transfer url addresses to IP addresses and vice versa.

According to a representative of a large operator, this would mean "the actual disconnection of the country from the Internet."

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the existence of the working group and its proposals “hears for the first time”, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Igor Schechenlev refused to comment. To comment on the proposals of the working group also refused to Yandex, Mail.ru Group , Rambler & Co , Google Russia , MTS, Rostelecom, Megafon, Vimpelcome and the Ministry of Communications.