Federation Council refused to withdraw the anti-terrorism package Spring – RBC

At a meeting of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, March 2016

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The Federation Council refused to withdraw the anti-terrorism package of bills Irina Spring, who asked to reject the mobile operators. Senators should not bury our heads in the sand, said Valentina Matvienko

The Federation Council at a meeting on Wednesday refused to withdraw the anti-terrorism package, prepared by Irina Spring, RBC correspondent.

speak in favor of the removal of the package 16 senators against 108, another 11 abstained. The proposal was introduced by Senator Anton Belyakov in connection with the received appeals in the Federation Council of the Business Ombudsman Boris Titov and mobile operators.

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said that a fair position to discuss a package of amendments. She recalled that when consideration of the law will be removed from the agenda, they will be sent “directly to the signature of the president»

«Away from consideration would be easier, but it is wrong,” -. Said Matvienko. According to her, “it would be possible to hide your head in the sand”, but the law is the “resonance” and “sensitive” to the community, so it would be wise to discuss it (quoted by TASS). “This position is more honest, more open, rather than just walk away from the consideration of the issue, – she said. – It would be easier, but it is not quite correct, in my opinion »

« big four “mobile operators this week asked the Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko does not take” anti-terror “package, approved by the State Duma.. MTS, “MegaFon”, “VimpelCom” ( “Beeline”) and Tele2 stated that the legal requirements are impractical from both a technical and an economic point of view. The bill obliges telecom operators and Internet companies from July 1, 2018 will be required to store the content of calls and correspondence in the user up to six months,

Reject called anti-terrorism package and head Mikhail Fedotov, Presidential Human Rights Council. He said that he intends to make such a request to the president of Russia Vladimir Putin. According to Fedotov, return to the “law of Spring” should be after the elections, to finalize it without haste. “Haste is known to be good at catching fleas, not to create laws”, – said the head of the HRC.