Russia passes law to cut off internet from the rest of the world (Runet)

It is worth noting that the special equipment of Runet will be given to the internet service providers by Government of Russia, and the Project will cost approximately 20,8 billions of rubles or so 320 millions of dollars.

Ο Vladimir Putin , the President of Russia has just signed the sovereign law "Runet", Which will allow the country to disconnect from the rest of the internet in a few years.

According to the law, which will come into force in November 2019, because Russia wants to "maintain the stability" of local Internet services, in case foreign countries such as the United States of America decide to cut off Internet access to country.

The information reveals that the whole plan will take a few years for its full implementation, as the telecommunications operators in the country will be obliged to follow this law from 2021.

According to his report ZDNet , to enforce the law, Russia will set up its own domain name system (DNS), while providing Internet service providers (ISPs) with special equipment. It is worth noting that the special equipment will be provided to Internet service providers by the state, and the total cost will cost about 20,8 billion rubles or about $ 320 million.

The report states that the equipment will be controlled by Roskomnadzor (Russian communications regulator), and will be able to direct all Internet traffic with the help of local Russian intelligence exchanges.

The rerouting will only take place when the government believes Runet is in danger. The whole thing sounds very good, but one point the report makes is that this law will also allow Roskomnadzor to block any content it deems unwanted from the internet with great ease, and so this process will not now requires the regulator to wait for them ISP to comply with the blacklist.

In fact, ISPs using the special equipment provided by Roskomnadzor will no longer be responsible for blocking prohibited content. However, this will only work when Runet is in danger. The report also said that internet service providers would be asked to refrain from directing "certain traffic" through the material provided by Roskomnadzor.

The decision to activate the blockade will be decided by a special cabinet. Although the government has denied that this is part of its plan to eradicate Internet freedom, Russians themselves do not believe it, and this was shown by a recent poll, where only 23% of Russians supported the new law.

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