Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/russia-to-disconnect-from-the-internet-as-part-of-a-planned-test/

By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
ZDNet News
February 11, 2019

Russian authorities and major internet providers are planning to 
disconnect the country from the internet as part of a planned experiment, 
Russian news agency RosBiznesKonsalting (RBK) reported last week.

The reason for the experiment is to gather insight and provide feedback 
and modifications to a proposed law introduced in the Russian Parliament 
in December 2018.

A first draft of the law mandated that Russian internet providers should 
ensure the independence of the Russian internet space (Runet) in the case 
of foreign aggression to disconnect the country from the rest of the 
internet.

In addition, Russian telecom firms would also have to install "technical 
means" to re-route all Russian internet traffic to exchange points 
approved or managed by Roskomnazor, Russia's telecom watchdog.

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