Internet for a cut

The Ministry of Communications and Roskomnadzor in the spring of this year conducted an experiment related to the disconnection of Russia from the Internet, and this experiment failed. Such information is transmitted by RBC with reference to Andrei Semerikov, general director of the Provider Er-Telecom.

The goal of the experiment was to simulate a situation in which Russia is completely cut off from the global network. Despite the virtual disconnection of the main channels, traffic continued to go abroad.

According to CNews, during the RKN experiment, he sent instructions to the dispatchers of large providers to block traffic from one or another foreign main channels. The providers performed this indication due to the corresponding adjustment of the DPI system (traffic control). Nevertheless, traffic still went abroad.

According to Semerikov, it turned out because in addition to large providers in Russia, a mass of small ones works, and their activities are almost not controlled by the state. At the same time, the DPI systems are absent from small providers, and in addition, small firms often use satellite channels, which is why "joints" are formed between the Russian and foreign Internet.

As a result, Semerikov continued, small providers do not block sites from the Black List of the RKN, put foreign channels on the air, which have no license to distribute in Russia, and also contribute to the development of piracy and often become a base for DDOS attacks.

It is very easy to get licenses for provider in Russia, the Gender of Er-Telecom noted, and now about 11 thousand companies operate in this market. At the same time, in a number of regions, they control the significant volume of the market - so, in Chelyabinsk, small companies provide 62 percent of the Internet users and 45 percent of cable television spectators.

The press secretary of the RKN Vadim Ampelonsky, in response to a request from RBC, noted that Semerikov’s statement was “incorrectly interpreted and in the current form it makes no sense to comment”. The press service of the Ministry of Communications also refused to comment.