W. Greenhouse: > Here's the source, from 8 February: > > http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/05/02/2015/54d393ff9a7947829933db57 > > Head of Roskomnadzor (.ru telco regulatory agency, currently > responsible for the Unified Register of banned sites) supports the > idea of blocking anonymizers incl. Tor without a court order. Says > it'll be difficult but his agency is ready to try if given legal > authority. Leonid Levin, head of Duma IT committee, plans to move a > bill through committee to do just that. > > Levin also seems to think it'll be technically challenging. No > timetable here for debates/voting on any bill and I don't know much > about the Duma calendar, but I will keep an eye on it.
This has apparently been mooted annually since 2012. "Это не первое предложение о запрете анонимайзеров. С аналогичными инициативами депутаты выступают ежегодно начиная с 2012 г." - http://www.vedomosti.ru/tech/news/39086291/roskomnadzor-podderzhal-ideyu-zapreta-anonimajzerov-v-runete -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
