Attention from Putin to Russian Websites

Social media has been discussing Russia with a document that has been circulating on Twitter for the last two days and which is claimed to be an official document. Ministry of Digital Development, Communication and Mass Media of the Russian Federation The signature of Deputy Minister Andrei Chernenko This document, which was seen in the document, included statements that were interpreted as Russia’s abandonment of the global internet.

Documents first shown by Belarus-based media outlet Nexta,Russia begins active preparations to cut the global internet connection” shared under the title. The news is available on Russian websites and all online platforms. by March 11 at the latest all servers and domains They were requested to transfer to the Russian region. specified.

All websites will switch to ‘.ru’ extension

Foreign substances in the document hosting from websites and services that use the platforms Switching to Russian services and downloaded from foreign sources complete removal of any JavaScript code from sites requested. The most striking point is that all websites will be available until March 11 at the latest. Switching to ‘.ru’ domain it was wanted.

Statement from Russia: No plans to disconnect from the global internet

The main justification for what was requested in this document was given directly by the relevant Russian ministry after the document was shared as ‘Russia bids farewell to the global internet’. The Ministry of Digital Development, Communication and Mass Media told Russian news agency Interfax that Russia’s global that you have no plans to disconnect from the internetthe purpose of this letter is to visit Russian websites to protect it from foreign cyber attacks. stated.

While Russia’s protection from cyber attacks is quite understandable as it is the most targeted country today, there have been some developments in the past that show that Russia will disconnect from the global internet. Russia, national internet infrastructure Running RuNet without relying on global DNS succeeded, and had carried out similar tests in the past months.