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Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears

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Russia is going to temporarily unplug from the internet as part 
of what the country is calling a planned experiment.

According to a report from Russian news site RBC, the planned 
disconnection is intended to examine whether the country run by 
Vladimir Putin is prepared for a draft law that mandates a 
"sovereign" internet.

ZDNet reports that a draft of the law required that Russian 
internet service providers must ensure the independence of the 
Russian internet space (Runet) in the case of foreign aggression 
to disconnect the country from the rest of the internet.

The legislation's goal is to prevent any aggression from the 
U.S., which has listed Russia as a major source of cybersecurity 
attacks, according to the Guardian.

Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election – with the 
use of its troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency – as 
a way to sow division in America and boost the candidacy of 
Donald Trump. Russia has repeatedly denied these accusations.

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However, some observers told the British publication that they 
believe the move is another step toward duplicating China's 
Great Firewall – which restricts access of that country's 
internet users to content approved by the communist government – 
in Russia.

Russia's telecom watchdog, Roskomnazor, will inspect traffic to 
block prohibited content and make sure that traffic between 
Russian internet users is not re-routed to servers outside of 
the country, according to ZDNet.

In 2017, Russian officials said they wanted to route 95 percent 
of all internet traffic locally by 2020, ZDNet added.

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Meanwhile, a group of NATO countries is reportedly considering a 
more aggressive response to state-sponsored computer hacking and 
cyber attacks.

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/russia-to-disconnect-from-internet-
as-part-of-planned-test

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Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2019-02-15 13:12 +0100
  Re: Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2019-02-16 11:55 +0100
  Re: Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears "A.Knaut" <aknaut@regio-info.de> - 2019-02-21 22:15 +0000

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