The Russian Federation is considering whether to temporarily disconnect from the world wide web to check the possibility of Autonomous control in the event of a serious cyber attack.
In December in the state Duma was introduced a bill entitled the «Digital economy of the Russian Federation», providing for technical changes necessary to implement the plan. According to the deputies initiating the bill, the reason for innovation was the «aggressive nature of the adopted strategy of national cyber security the United States.»
Test this system must hold until April 1, but the exact date is not set. The testing will involve Internet service providers, who must demonstrate that they can send data in state-controlled point routing.
According to Russian media, the Internet providers of the country generally support these aspirations, but do not agree with how it is implemented. They believe that the test will cause «serious disruption» of the Russian Internet traffic, according to technical news site ZDNet.
According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the program will spend 1.8 trillion roubles (27.4 billion dollars). The Russian government offers service providers the funds for the modification of its infrastructure.
In General, this system is similar to the Internet censorship that exists in China, which it called «Golden shield». The country has its own Internet, which blocks many sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, as well as pornography and political misinformation.
In recent years, Russia is accused of carrying out a series of cyber-attacks, prompting NATO and its allies for sanctions against the country. For example, in June, the U.S. sanctioned country for the spread of the virus NotPetya, which caused damage in the billions of dollars America, Europe and Asia.
