Russia is testing to cut itself off from the rest of the internet

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Russia is testing to cut itself off from the rest of the internet

By admin, Aralık 13, 2024



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Russiawhich he had planned for a long timedominant internet” system is one step closer. The country’s communication authority Roskomnadzorrecently tested this system by blocking foreign websites and applications in some regions. A similar system is used in China under the name “Great Firewall”, but residents of the country can bypass these restrictions by using VPN. Russian users are Can’t cross borders even using VPN; This is more like North Korea.

Most VPNs don’t work

According to the Study of War (ISW), a US-based non-governmental organization, the tests Dagestan, Chechnya ve IngushetiaIt was held in . Users living in these regions WhatsApp, Telegram, YouTube ve Google to popular services like serious difficulties in access lived. Even some services of Yandex, one of Russia’s leading internet providers, were affected.

Russian digital rights organization Roskomsvobodanoted that the vast majority of VPNs did not work during testing, but some VPNs still provided access. However, the number and names of these VPNs were not disclosed. On the other hand, Russia has recently been cracking down on VPN use. in the country right now At least 197 VPN services are banned and many of these services have been removed from the Apple App Store in Russia.




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Additionally, with a law passed in March, internet Acts of disseminating information to circumvent restrictions were criminalized. This law also includes sharing information about VPN use. Of course, all of these are among the human rights violations.

Russia’s dominant internet plans predate its invasion of Ukraine. Dating back to the period when Crimea was annexed. The country conducted a series of tests in 2019 to see whether federal and commercial telecom operators could effectively isolate Russia from the internet and allow access to local services using a DNS cache.

Foreigners are asked to comply with Russian censorship

Following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the sanctions and restrictions imposed by Western companies, the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media announced that they had no plans in this direction. However, Russia’s own development RuNetCompletely disconnects from the rest of the internet It’s looking more and more likely.

According to reports, Russia has recently invested approximately 648 million dollars to improve its technical capabilities to restrict internet traffic. It also continues its efforts to direct Russian citizens away from Western social media platforms and towards local platforms that the government can more easily control. On December 7, Roskomnadzor threatened to ban eight foreign web hosting providers, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), GoDaddy and HostGator, in the country on the grounds that they did not comply with Russian censorship laws.














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