The Ministry of communications and mass communications of Russia, and Roskomnadzor in the spring of 2015 tried to disconnect Russia from the Internet. On it informs CNews referring to the Vice-President Mediacommunications Union (ISS) and the CEO of the provider “er-Telecom” Andrey Semerikova.
Roskomnadzor sent to dispatch stations the major carriers to block traffic with various foreign main channels. Large providers were able to block it through the appropriate setting in the systems of traffic management.
However, the experiment was unsuccessful: the traffic continued to go abroad, and his routes have remained unknown to the government. According to Semerikova, the cause of failure is the large number of small, grey, service providers, work which the state controls poorly. These companies have no systems DPI, which does not allow the government to control their traffic. In addition, they often use satellite TV, which appears uncontrollable by the authorities of the joints between Russian and foreign Internet.
Licenses for the activities of the provider are issued almost notification in the manner complained of Semenuk. Because of this, in Russia there are about 11 000 holders of such licenses. At ISS believe that the state control over the activities of a small cable TV operators and Internet service providers should be strengthened.
Semerikova statement was “incorrectly interpreted, and in its current form it does not make sense to comment”, said the representative of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonskiy. In a press-service of the Ministry of communications refused to comment on the word head “er-Telecom”.
In September 2014, it was reported that the Russian government is discussing the possibility of disconnection Runet from the global network in emergency situations. A month earlier, a poll conducted by the Russian center for public opinion research (VTSIOM), showed that almost half of Russians supported the introduction of censorship on the Internet. While 58% agree that in the event of national danger or the possibility of mass protests in Russia should completely disable. 73% of Russians against publishing negative information about civil servants.
