Why Russia is developing a plan to disconnect from the global Internet

Russia plans to disconnect from the global Internet for a day, as part of a security test to see if they would be able to protect themselves against a possible virtual war. This test will be done before the first of April, but the exact date has not yet been communicated.

This measure is part of a bill introduced last month by the Russian parliament. The project is called the national program of digital economy and The idea is that the country's Internet providers can guarantee that the network will continue to function in case of web attack from other countries..

As part of this initiative, This disconnect test will be performed on the global network for 24 hours. Meanwhile, Russian operators must demonstrate that they have the necessary technical capacity to redirect Internet traffic locally, ie to points controlled by the Federal Telecommunications, Technology and Telecommunications Service. information and media monitoring (also known as Roskomnadzor)

In other words, the information circulating on the Web in Russia will not be "routed" at the international level, but these exchanges will take place within the borders of the country..

Also in the context of this project, it is envisaged that Russia will build its own DNS system or its own network addresses so that it can continue to function even if communication with the servers located abroad is interrupted.

As explained in a note of BBC; 12 organizations are monitoring the root servers for the DNS and none of these institutions are in Russia.

Some people think that this system will actually work with a censored local website, as in China., where the government can filter the information circulating on the Internet locally.

According to the Iz.ru website, representatives of the Russian government stated thatBy 2020, they expect 95% of all Internet traffic to be done locally.

It should be remembered that Russia was accused in the last time of being responsible for several computer attacks and even interference in the presidential elections in the United States. It is thought that the country could be sanctioned by a limitation of access to the global Internet network.