Klimenko: Without limiting the Internet, it is impossible to ensure information security

The only way to ensure information security in Russia is the limitation of the Internet, as in China. This was stated by the presidential adviser on the development of the Internet, German Klimenko at a lecture at the Military Academy of the General Staff, Interfax reports .

"One way is one - this is a Chinese version. Of course, control is needed, because there is no opportunity to prevent it. China is less scrupulous to the opinion of society, they appreciated the threat and limited the Internet. Now they have no such problems," Klimenko said.

Klimenko complained that foreign Internet companies do not cooperate with the security forces. "We are in a strange position when a foreign company is located in Russia, earns money, nevertheless, they do not answer a single request of law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, we cannot write in What's App and ask to turn off the encryption," the presidential adviser said.

Klimenko emphasized that if foreign messengers and social networks will not cooperate with law enforcement officers, "any self -respecting state should throw them out."

The Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev said that he considers the proposal to limit the Internet it is impossible and counterproductive. “This is a disaster. Firstly, I am a categorical opponent. Secondly, to fight technology in this vein is of course about nothing. This is a context that will not lead to any decision, but rather. Because in this case it will be necessary to fight with its citizens,” Marinichev said. “According to the Machiavelli textbook, we are well aware that the city that lived a free life cannot be forced to live involuntary. It can only be destroyed or destroyed.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Klimenko’s statements a “private expert point of view” and noted that they do not express the Kremlin’s official position.

“In my opinion, Russia went a little differently, after all, not along the Chinese. And we, in general, are confidently withstanding a certain direction quite confidently,” said the press secretary of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky. “We live in the legislative regulation that is adopted only in our country. It is largely unique, like our country.”

At the same time, Ampelonsky noted that "if the presidential adviser considers it differently, maybe he will lobby his personal initiatives."

In December 2015, the head of the Ministry of Communications, Nikolai Nikiforov, said that the basic state regulation of services for exchange services is necessary . In his opinion, this is dictated by security considerations. “Freedom on the Internet does not mean impunity and lawlessness,” Nikiforov emphasized, adding that there are no and does not exist and do not put tasks for blocking messengers.

On February 3, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Inform Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Leonid Levin, during the round table "Security on the Internet", stated that it is not planned to be hard to regulate the Internet in China.

“The question was asked: whether it was planned to move in legislatively in the direction of China. I answer: no, it is not planned,” Levin said. “If you look at the laws that were adopted, then they were adopted by the example of European legislative initiatives or court decisions, or, respectively, laws within the framework of issues related to user safety - that is, issues of extremism, pornography, drugs and so on. These are not the issues that are not directly related to freedom of freedom. words".

“In order to introduce the“ Chinese ”Internet, you need to inhabit the country by the Chinese,” Klimenko said at the same time. “Everywhere we have laws. If we have, then something else.”