Evgeni Super — Russia Has Started Edifice Its Ain Internet

"Digital divide" takes on novel pregnant as well as the globe fractures into opposing camps. Where does it should similar that is leading?

Russia has started operate to create a global satellite Internet organization “Sphere”. The projection involves deployment of a organization consisting of 640 pocket-size satellites that volition render integrated communication, navigation as well as remote sensing throughout the planet. This incredibly complex but implementable chore volition permit us to create our ain national organization of access to the Internet as well as mobile communications, independent from 3rd countries. However, this projection is alone business office of a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the data sovereignty of our country.

Now nosotros are working on edifice our ain organization of source DNS servers, independent of ICANN, which by as well as large create upwardly one's heed the functioning of the global Internet addressing as well as most of which is at nowadays nether the command of the United States. Based on the ideasof the manly somebody nurture of China’s firewall Fan Binsina, which indicates possibility for several countries, such every bit Russian Federation as well as China, to create a at in 1 lawsuit communication bypassing the source DNS servers inwards the United States.

Despite the fact that the Internet has long became a business office of our lives, nosotros are on the threshold of the Internet of things era, inwards which the importance of this network volition increase. However, inwards fact, Russian Federation is unarmed earlier Washington’s attempts to disconnect us, if non from an entire network, therefore from many of its of import components, for example, electronic certificates. Unlike China, nosotros create non cause got a province certificate, which way that alongside simply 1 click “overseas” tin create many problems for us, including inwards transportation as well as other critical infrastructures. And these are simply roughly of the probable threats.

All our efforts are at nowadays aimed at overcoming this dependency every bit presently every bit possible. But it is of import to empathize that nosotros are non talking close creating our ain isolated from the globe Internet. We are trying to ensure our mightiness to purpose the globe network without existence hooked upwardly to the “foreign switch.” In instance of successful implementation, users inwards Russian Federation volition non divulge whatever inconvenience at all....

The Vineyard of the Saker
Russia has started edifice its ain Internet

Evgeni Super

Translated as well as subtitled yesteryear Scott Humor