It is difficult to count how many copies have been broken in the debate about one of the most ambitious network projects of the Russian authorities: the sovereign Internet. Popular athletes, politicians, heads of Internet companies expressed their pros and cons. Be that as it may, the law was signed and the implementation of the project began. But what will be the price of Runet sovereignty?
Lawmaking
The Digital Economy program, the action plan for the Information Security section and other sections were adopted in 2017. Around the middle of 2018, the program began to be transformed into a national one, and its sections into federal projects.
In December 2018, senators Andrey Klishas and Lyudmila Bokova, together with deputy Andrey Lugovoi, submitted a draft law "On the Autonomous (Sovereign) Internet" to the State Duma. The key ideas of the document were the management of the central elements of the critical infrastructure of the Internet and the mandatory installation by Internet providers of special equipment controlled by Roskomnadzor.
As expected, with the help of this equipment, Roskomnadzor will be able, if necessary, to introduce centralized management of communication networks and block access to prohibited sites. It is planned that for providers it will be installed free of charge. Owners of cross-border Internet channels, Internet traffic exchange points, technological communication networks, organizers of the dissemination of information on the Internet with their own AIS numbers, and other owners of AIS numbers will also be under control.
In early May 2019, the President signed the law “On the sovereign Internet”. However, the Security Council of the Russian Federation approved the costs of implementing these measures even before the bill was submitted to parliament, in October 2018. Moreover, the Security Council almost 5 times increased the costs of collecting information about addresses and numbers of autonomous systems and working with technical means of managing communication networks - from 951 million rubles. up to 4,5 billion rubles.
How will this money be spent?
480 million rubles will go to the creation of a distributed system for managing and monitoring information security as part of the development of the Russian state segment of the Internet RSNet (designed to serve government agencies). RUB 240 million are allocated for the development of software and hardware tools that ensure the collection and storage of information about addresses, numbers of autonomous systems and links between them.
Another 200 million rubles. will be spent on the development of software and hardware to ensure the stable and secure functioning of the domain name system. RUB 170 million will be directed to the development of software and hardware to monitor traffic routes on the Internet and 145 million rubles. will spend on the development of software and hardware tools that provide monitoring and control of public communication networks.
What else is planned
At the end of April 2019, the Government adopted on subsidies from the federal budget for the creation and operation of the Center for Monitoring and Management of the Public Communications Network and the corresponding information system. According to this document, Roskomnadzor received the right to determine the organization to which subsidies will be sent.
The organization selected by Roskomnadzor, as part of the creation of the Monitoring Center, will have to perform a number of tasks:
- Develop software and hardware for monitoring traffic routes on the Internet;
- Develop software and hardware for monitoring and managing public communication networks;
- Ensure the collection of information about addresses, numbers of autonomous systems and connections between them, traffic routes on the Internet, as well as management of software and hardware tools that ensure the security of the Runet;
- Launch Internet traffic filtering systems when children use the Internet.
Most recently, the government instructed Roskomnadzor to distribute subsidies to set up a Communications Network Monitoring Center, develop tools to collect information about traffic routes on the Internet, and create "whitelists" for children's use of the Internet.
The total cost of activities for which Roskomnadzor will provide subsidies is 4,96 billion rubles. However, in the Federal budget for 2019-2021. for Roskomnadzor, only funds were allocated for the creation of a Center for Monitoring and Control of Public Communications Networks in the amount of 1,82 billion rubles. The overall spending plan for digital security and related projects is given in .
Source: habr.com
