Russia weighs new foreign ownership limits
Russian legislators have called for a ceiling of 20% to be imposed on foreign ownership of media outlets. Sergei Zheleznyak, the deputy secretary of the ruling United Russia party, said that the proposed law – a draft of which was published yesterday ...
Russia eyes measures to fend off Western Internet threat-Kremlin
MOSCOW, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Russia must think about protecting its Internet against threats from the West, a Kremlin spokesman said on Friday, in comments that one prominent critic said could herald moves to control all web-based data exchanges with the ...
Shell Russia, Total say will continue work in Russia
SOCHI, Russia, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The head of Shell Russia said on Friday that the company's strategy in Russia remained unchanged, although the firm is evaluating the implications of sanctions imposed by the West on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine.
Russia mulls ways to isolate itself from internet ‘in case of emergency’
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia’s Security Council, chaired by President President Putin, is set to discuss ways in which Russia could isolate itself from the global internet in case of an emergency, Russia’s business daily Vedomosti reported, citing its ...
Putin seeking to 'unplug' Russia from the internet: Report
MOSCOW: Moscow is considering measures to disconnect Russian cyberspace, the last forum for free expression in the country, in emergency situations such as military hostilities or major protests, a newspaper reported on Friday. With mainstream media firmly ...
EU, Ukraine, Russia to hold gas talks next week
Brussels (AFP) - The European Union will hold fresh talks with Russia and Ukraine next week to settle their ongoing dispute over gas deliveries, an EU official said on Friday. "The next trilateral meeting on gas will take place on the 26th of September in ...
Russia fails to remove Syria nuclear probe from IAEA agenda
VIENNA (Reuters) - Western states defeated a Russian proposal on Friday to remove Syria's alleged past nuclear activities from the agenda of meetings of the U.N. atomic agency, diplomats said. But in a vote that highlighted how polarising the global ...
Russia Seeks to Safeguard Itself From U.S. Internet Regulation
Russia’s Security Council may discuss measures to ensure independence from the U.S.-managed Internet domain-names system amid economic sanctions, according to the Moscow-based Coordination Center for .RU domain. “In case Russia is cut off from the ...
