As Russia’s internet law imposes new obligations on technology and infrastructure companies, the Russian government considers subordinate legislation. On November 1, 2019, the majority of provisions ...

Broadly written rules would allow the Russian government greater central control over content and data flows, and greater access to users’ information. On May 1, 2019, the Russian President signed ...

Tatyana Matveeva added that the Runet space currently provides a conducive environment for communication, growth and pursuit of goals MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/. Daily traffic on Runet now stands at 103 ...

Russia’s media and censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, has begun to install tools in Internet service providers’ networks that will allow the agency to cut off Russian web traffic from the rest of the ...

What follows is a full English translation of an article by Sultan Suleimanov that appeared in Russian on the website TJournal on May 16, 2014. Suleimanov attended an invitation-only meeting at ...

Head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov explained the difference between 'white' and 'black' lists MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. The law on the stable operation of the Russian Internet segment (Runet) has ...

Not much is known about Russia’s technology scene or ‘Runet’, the term used to describe the Russian language internet, and yet it’s keeping pace with Silicon Valley, finds Emma Barnett. Dmitry Grishin ...

Fourteen years ago, as the new millennium dawned, the internet was already becoming less free: America was witnessing the battle between the band Metallica and the founders of the Napster peer-to-peer ...

In a couple of years, Russia will have the ability to safely disconnect its internet from the wider internet, according to a law signed Wednesday by President Vladimir Putin. The sovereign 'Runet' law ...

Ridiculed at the inception, now Kremlin’s RuNet emerges as a success story of authoritarian tech and is expected to make a big impact on stifling dissent during this week’s parliamentary elections; ...