Putin: “total control” over the Internet will not be – BBC Russian

Putin: "total control" over the Internet will not be – BBC Russian

• October 1, 2014

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The number of attacks on the Russian information resources is growing, Putin said

Russian authorities did not intend to restrict access to the Internet, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council on the functioning of Russian Internet.

“I would like to obliterate – we do not intend to restrict access to the network, put it under total control ogosudarstvlyat internet, restrict the legitimate interests and the ability of people, community organizations, businesses in the information sphere, “- said the president.

In this case, according to Putin necessary to ensure the stability and security of the Russian Internet.

In particular, we are talking about sites that promote violence and extremism. “We will … consistently and strictly according to the law to close such sites”, – Putin said.

Another problem – the computer attacks on the Russian information resources, the number of which, according to the president, is constantly growing.

“In this case, methods, tools and tactics of such attacks are improved, and the intensity is directly dependent on the current international situation”, – Putin said.

The specific numbers called Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev: 90 million attacks since 2010, including 57 million – from the beginning of this year. According to him, this is due to the Sochi Olympics and the Ukrainian crisis.

According to the president, measures to counter such attacks have already been taken. Particular attention should be paid to the protection of resources that are used by state agencies, Putin said.

The work reported in this direction head Minkomsvyazi Nikolai Nikiforov. According to him, the teachings of the past have shown the vulnerability of the Russian segment of the Internet.

“to be done to ensure that the Russian segment of fully operational, and that it is important – and not function in isolation but together with segments of other countries under any coincidence circumstances “- quoted by RIA Novosti.

Nikolai Patrushev said while that for security Runeta country needs its telecommunication equipment and software, as now all the work is carried out mainly on foreign systems, reports Interfax.

Previously, the newspaper “Vedomosti”, citing its sources reported that the Russian authorities are discussing the possibility of the country off from the global Internet. This measure is considered as a temporary emergency.

President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that this “is not out of the question”.