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

[Javier Rua]

+1 on GAC. Perhaps At-Large should officially request GAC for that position.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 8:20 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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