[At-Large] 2019 year Russian legislation on sovereign Internet

Oksana Prykhodko sana.pryhod at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 13:01:13 UTC 2022


Dear all,

Yesterday this question was discussed by GAC, and it was said, that this
session - AOB - is the best opportunity to discuss it with GAC.

Kind regards,
Oksana

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 2:50 PM Roberto Gaetano via At-Large <
at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> Dear Maureen,
>
> I agree that it is not a good idea to add a discussion point to the
> agenda, all I wanted to do is to have an answer to the simple question on
> what, if anything, has the GAC done to take position on this international
> crisis. Maybe they did, and I am not aware.
>
> I will ask the question in the chat.
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto
>
>
> On 10.03.2022, at 13:40, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Roberto
>
> While we share you concerns about the situation in the Ukraine our joint
> session this morning which has already required much preparation would not
> be a suitable time to raise the issue. However it is something that we can
> discuss post ICANN73.. Perhaps EURALO needs to lead on this being the
> region that has the closest contacts.
>
> M
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 2:20 AM Roberto Gaetano via At-Large <
> at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am wondering whether the GAC has produced any document about the
>> Russian invasion of Ukraine, knowing that a motion has been passed even at
>> the UN GA. I have not followed all the GAC sessions, as I had other
>> commitments, but it would be good to have a report on that during our joint
>> session. It would be strange - or even worrisome - if the GAC did not take
>> position.
>>
>> One of the issues that we share with the GAC is the joint effort for a
>> unique, interoperable internet and the way to use dialogue to achieve
>> consensus: the recent actions ordered by Putin go against both these
>> objectives, because war destroys communication links and make collaboration
>> more difficult - if at all possible for quite some time to come.
>>
>> So the question to all of us is what we can do to stop this - and the
>> GAC, being representative of the Governments, has authority to bring
>> forward a position - and immediately afterwards what we can do to recover
>> the damage unilaterally inflicted.
>>
>> I observe that it has taken decades for Germany for gaining the
>> reputation that it had lost before and during WWII, and I wonder how long
>> it will take to the Russian people, most of whom are not guilty of the
>> actions of their leader, to regain the confidence of the international
>> community.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Roberto
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10.03.2022, at 12:14, Oksana Prykhodko via At-Large <
>> at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Once again thank you very much for all your support! We in Ukraine are
>> really impressed by all your words and decisions - we urgently need your
>> help and support just now!
>>
>> I will do my best to participate in the joint GAC and ALAC session today.
>>
>> On Monday I participated in At-Large Leadership session under bombing
>> alert and with problems with Internet (just now I also hear bombing alert).
>>
>> That is why I am writing to you beforehand about my point for AOB:
>>
>> 2019 year Russian legislation on sovereign Internet and rumours that
>> Russia will disconnect itself from global Internet on 11 March 2022.
>>
>> (you can read more about this legislation here:
>> https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/31/russia-new-law-expands-government-control-online?fbclid=IwAR1S-u8b-fMzbzxrys-sIaZQxBL3ybHynGDhsDJkhhNc7k-a0oIRVrFZ0zY
>> )
>>
>> Yes, I know that Russian representatives say that the news regarding the
>> 11 March disconnection is fake, but they have said that all warnings from
>> our Western partners on the Russian war against Ukraine are also fake. It's
>> up to you: to believe them or not.
>>
>> From my side I am sure that they will not disconnect - not because they
>> do not want, but after the failure with their famous Era cryptophones in
>> Ukraine (
>> https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ukraine-russian-militarys-own-encrypted-phones-impacted-after-destroying-3g4g-towers-allowing-comms-to-be-intercepted/?fbclid=IwAR1KrIo_dkc1Ucuh6IPDdlZZz4VXc8SPSvXhRcSzLRkSakmkj29tRVQfsMc
>> )
>>
>> Nevertheless, 2019 legislation went into force, and I am not sure that
>> ICANN and the worldwide Internet community are ready for ALL consequences.
>>
>> In case I can not participate in the session in person, I would kindly
>> ask Joanna Kulesza to be my proxy.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance,
>> Kind regards,
>> Oksana Prykhodko,
>> director of iNGO European Media Platform,
>> EURALO ALS,
>> Kyiv, Ukraine
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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