what will happen

A photo of an internal document of the Central Bank of Russia appeared on the Internet. The authors talk about experiments in which new restrictions will be tested that may one day become permanent. Right now they are just announcing Partial shutdown of “foreign internet”Channel 24 reports with reference to UNIAN.

The document states that “Roskomnadzor” plans training on “ensuring the stability, security and integrity of the operation” of the Internet on the territory of the Russian Federation. As part of these exercises, the scenario of interruption of access to the foreign segment of the Internet will be studied. It is also stated that the tests will be carried out “in the territory of certain regions”. It is not yet clear whether everything will be limited to these regions or whether such exercises will be held alternately in every region of the country.

The document itself was sent with the aim of establishing the Central Bank’s need for access to foreign Internet and therefore not disconnecting Russia’s critically important structures. Other departments have likely received similar requests.

The most interesting thing is that, according to the document, these tests They plan to start at the end of 2024, that is, in December. Exact dates and terms are not specified in the text.

All this probably means they want to lock Russians into Runet, where they can only access Russian sites. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to save us from Russian bots, as propaganda would clearly be an exception to their ability to continue influencing public opinion around the world. We should also not forget the large number of Russian citizens living outside its borders who may still have a presence on the world stage of the Internet.