Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own

Last week the Russian government tried to disconnect its Internet infrastructure from the larger global Web. This test of Russia’s “sovereign Internet” seemingly failed, causing outages that ... Read More

Russia successfully tested cutting off access to the global web as it continues to build its sovereign internet

The Kremlin is believed to have cut off access to the internet in some areas of Russia as it continues to build its own sovereign network. Russia's federal internet regulation agency, Roskomnadzor, ... Read More

Russia is going to 'disconnect' from the internet | Fox News

While Russia has deftly used the internet to advance its own interests, it is apparently concerned about other countries deploying its own tactics, so it is preparing to "disconnect" from the ... Read More

Russia is trying to build its own great firewall - The Economist

Most germane to an autocrat like Mr Putin is what has gone on in China.China built its internet with censorship in mind. The Great Firewall, a deep-rooted collection of sophisticated digital ... Read More

Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream | WIRED

For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine. Read More

‘RuNet Sovereignty’: How Russia is trying to isolate its Internet segment from the rest of the world, maybe - Meduza

The “Agora” human rights group and digital activists at Roskomsvoboda recently released a report on Russian Internet freedom in 2019, where they argue that the state authorities have settled on an ... Read More

What Happens If Russia Cuts Itself Off From the Internet

While its motives are fuzzy, what’s clear is that Russia has been preparing for greater internet independence for years. In fact, it first proposed disconnecting from the global net back in 2014. Read More

Russia May Unplug From Internet To Test Its Cyberdefenses : NPR

Russia is considering a plan to temporarily disconnect from the Internet as a way to gauge how the country's cyberdefenses would fare in the face of foreign aggression, according to Russian media ... Read More

Russia is building its own kind of sovereign internet — with help from Apple and Google - The Conversation

To build this sovereign internet, Russia is exploiting a simple, unavoidable truth: tech giants are ultimately for-profit corporations, with a priority to maximise profits and shareholder value ... Read More

Russia is trying to copy China’s internet censorship. - Slate Magazine

The internet on its own will not cause a revolution in Russia, but it can be an effective tool for organization. Beijing figured this out a long time ago, but the Kremlin is learning it too late. Read More

Russia wants to criminalize the use of internet protocols that encrypt websites. - Slate Magazine

On Sept. 21, Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media (Minkomsvyaz) released a draft law that would criminalize the use of internet protocols that, in its words ... Read More