Legislation & regulation

Despite hacking charges, US tech industry fought to keep ties to Russia spy service

July 4, 2017

New US sanctions put in place by former President Barack Obama last December — part of a broad suite of actions taken in response to Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election — made it a crime for American companies to have any business relationship with Russia’s FSB, or Federal Security Service. However, US technology …

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Telegram app agrees to register in Russia, but not to share private data

July 3, 2017

Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram messaging app, agreed on Wednesday for his firm to be registered in Russia after coming under pressure from the authorities to do so, but said it would not share confidential user data with anyone. Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor had threatened to block the messaging app if it did not …

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Russian lawmakers unanimously adopt first reading of legislation to ban VPNs and Internet anonymizers

June 29, 2017

Last week Russian lawmakers in the State Duma unanimously adopted the first reading of legislation that would ban technologies that make it possible to circumvent Internet censorship. In the law’s explanatory note, the Duma deputies argue that Russia’s existing system to block illegal content on the Web is “not effective enough.” 363 deputies voted in …

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Russian lawmakers consider banning VPNs and Internet anonymizers

June 9, 2017

A group of Russian lawmakers has submitted draft legislation to ban VPN and Internet anonymizers that allow users to gain access to blocked information resources, making it possible to circumvent Internet censorship. According to these Duma deputies, the country’s ability to police the Internet is hindered by such technologies as well as by search engines which provide …

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Russia’s central bank plans to tax bitcoin, deem it a “digital commodity”

May 31, 2017

According to its deputy chairwoman, Olga Skorobogatova, Russia’s central bank is in the process of drafting legislation to legally recognize and monitor digital currencies. The preliminary draft regulation could be presented to the Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, as soon as June, Skorobogatova was quoted as stating by Interfax. Skorobogatova’s comments …

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Why piracy still rides high on Russia’s Internet

May 28, 2017

“We tried fighting Internet piracy, but unfortunately piracy won,” wrote an heir to famous Soviet writer Andrei Strugatsky on his Facebook page, adding that it is “completely impossible” to defeat the enormous amount of illegal content. Two out of three Russians believe that viewing and downloading pirated content is legal, according to a survey conducted …

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Blockchain and banking discussed in Saint Petersburg (June 22)

May 20, 2017

On June 22, Saint Petersburg will host the international Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference as part of a series of events held in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Sweden. Blockchain in banking and digital currencies legislative regulation will be among the main topics covered at the event, with industry experts and executives, entrepreneurs, startups …

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Telegram under pressure to get official registration with Russian authorities

May 17, 2017

Telegram, the international instant messenger which claims to guarantee its users a superior level of confidentiality, has  reiterated its refusal to disclose “any information” to any “government or special service in the world,” the Russian media have reported, citing company statements. Earlier this week, Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom regulator, requested Telegram to provide contact and other corporate information …

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Ukraine bans leading Russian Internet sites

May 17, 2017

Confirming that the relations between Ukraine and Russia are currently at their lowest, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities and 1,228 individuals from Russia. Among the targeted organizations are the two leading Russian Internet groups — Yandex and Mail.Ru Group — the services of which will be made …

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Executive order may put Internet media and online anonymity under new pressure

May 15, 2017

Issued Thursday, a 27-page Presidential executive order titled “Development Strategies for Russian Information Society from 2017 to 2030” is instructing the federal government to devise new mechanisms to rein in online media and limit Internet users’ anonymity. The Russian president is giving the government six months to reform its strategy for policing “means of providing …

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Mobile operator MTS to store user data in pilot anti-terror scheme

May 11, 2017

Russian cell phone operator MTS will be the first company to start storing users’ data under controversial new anti-terror laws. MTS will be running a pilot program in an unnamed Russian city, Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday. The trial run will test whether existing technology could be used to enforce the laws. The storage equipment needed for …

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