Alexander Andreyechkin, head of Information and Special Communications Protection Center of Federal Security Service [1] (FSB), said that uncontrollable use of Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail ‘can lead to a massive threat to Russia's security” and urged to ban these services, RIA Novosti reported [2] [ru]. On the same day, anonymous Kremlin representative stated [3] [ru] that such proposition was Andreyechkin's ‘personal opinion’ and ‘didn't reflect government Internet policy.’
Russia: FSB Representative Urges to Ban Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail
· Written by Alexey Sidorenko
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