Russia Adopts New Strategy for Development of Information Society - Jamestown 25/09/2022, 22:46 control. For instance, on May 5, President Putin tasked the telecommunications supervisory agency Roskomnadzor, the Russian prosecutor general, and the All-Russia People’s Front (a loose umbrella group of pro-Putin “civil society” organizations, business associations, trade unions and political parties) to prepare proposals concerning effective restrictions and controls on the Runet (Rosbalt (http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2017/05/05/1613343.html), May 5). In the meantime, the Strategy calls for introducing concrete protective measures specifically designed to deal with “issues of anonymity” and “impunity” among web users in order to “guarantee the personal security of Internet users and confidentiality of their information” (Rosbalt (http://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2017/05/11/1614194.html), May 11). Russian Internet freedom looks to be under threat. 1310 L St. NW, Suite 810 Washington DC, 20005 PHONE: 202.483.8888 (tel:202.483.8888) FAX: 202.483.8337 E-MAIL: pubs@jamestown.org (mailto:pubs@jamestown.org) © 2022 The Jamestown Foundation All rights reserved. https://jamestown.org/program/russia-adopts-new-strategy-development-information-society/ Page 5 of 5

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