Authorities are considering the possibility to disable the country from the Internet in the event of an emergency – RBC

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In Russia, the authorities plan to make some decisions that strengthen the sovereignty of the Russian segment of the web. Among these measures can be introduced a special procedure for Internet governance, providing an opportunity to turn it off in case of an emergency. This is reported by “Vedomosti”, citing sources in the Internet companies, Russian operators, NGOs and special services.

solutions to improve the security of the Russian segment of the Internet will be taken after a series of events with the participation of senior officials. Question about the new security measures in the field of Internet will be considered at a meeting of the Security Council with the participation of President Vladimir Putin.

According to the official newspaper in one of the special services conducted by the Ministry of Communications, scientists have shown that the Internet is vulnerable to external threats. Sources of “Vedomosti” emphasize that this is not a permanent disconnection from the Internet, and about how to configure the equipment so that in the event of an emergency the Russian segment of the Internet could be isolated from the World Wide Web.

According to the official publication, emergencies can be considered military actions or protests inside the country.

Officials also consider the transfer function domain administrator to the Federal Telecommunications Agency, which is subordinated to the Ministry of Communications. Now these functions are performed by the Coordination Center for TLD. In the administration of domains include regulating rules of delegation .ru and .rf, technological development of the Internet infrastructure, domain registrars accreditation.

President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov confirmed that on September 22, a meeting of the Russian Security Council, but did not specify what issues will be addressed.

In early September, a State Duma deputy from the “United Russia” Ilya Kostunov prepared a package of proposals to the head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov on the development of instructions for citizens and private companies over the use of the Internet in emergency situations. Instructions and technical solutions, according to the deputy, should be in the case of “deliberate destructive impact” on the Russian segment of the Internet to ensure its autonomous operation.

In April 2014, a member of the Federation Council Maxim Kavdzharadze took the initiative to create an internal Internet access isolated from the European Union and the United States. Russian domestic network senator proposed to call “Cheburashka”.

Teaching, the results of which were revealed the vulnerability of the Russian segment of the Internet, the Ministry of Communications held in late July. They were attended by representatives of the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, experts Rostelecom and Technical Center “Internet”.

George Peremitin

September 19, 2014

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