Media: state control of Internet traffic may appear in Russia – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 11 – RIA Novosti Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation has prepared a bill on state control over the passage of the Internet traffic in Russia, the newspaper “Vedomosti”, with reference to the explanatory note to the document According to the publication, this draft amendments to the laws “On communication” and “On information, information technologies and information protection”. The presence of such a document confirmed the official newspaper of profile departments. It is noted that the staff know about it several major telecom operators and Internet companies.

“According to two interlocutors of” Vedomosti “, the paper implements the orders of President Vladimir Putin on the results of the Security Council meeting, held in the autumn of 2014 the Council discussed the results of the exercises on the stability of the Russian Internet and questions of its battery life:. It was a question of minimizing risks for Runet in the event of temporary disconnection from the outside world in emergency situations “- said the publication

The Ministry of communications bill provides several ways to help public authorities to monitor the Internet traffic routes through communication networks.. According to the newspaper, the ministry proposes to create a state monitoring system “addressing global resources and global identifiers Internet (DNS and IP-addresses).” It should also monitor the critical elements of Runet infrastructure.

As explained by the publication of a federal official, all this will help the government understand how the Russian segment of the Internet, and protect it from external attacks.

The State in particular, proposes to create a backup copy of the IP-address registry, which will automatically check for Russian addresses in the database. According to the companion publication, this service will offer operators the state, but oblige them to use such a database will not.

The draft law also proposed to make foreign communication channels and traffic exchange points more controllable. For example, to organize international communication channels can only operators licensed in the cross-border transfer of data. As explained, now in Russia is difficult to count the number of communication channels, crossing the border, and among them is the gray channels, not considered relevant agencies.

As suggested by the source of the newspaper, they will have to come out of the shadows and to comply fully with Russian laws (for example, to install SORM system giving access to the law enforcement authorities to data). The state would offer them protection and backup links in the event of emergencies.

The Ministry of Communications also proposes to oblige operators to use only the traffic exchange points that are made in a special state register, so the state “deems” the owners of these points and offer them the budget to build a reserve communication channels.

The source of the newspaper He did not say what funds will be required for the implementation of the bill and who will be the top performer. But, according to the interlocutor in one of the operators, a single artist will be selected – the creator of the “one of the Russian network.” It is assumed that, most likely, they will become “Rostelecom”. A company representative did not comment on the publication of this information.