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

Thu Mar 10 18:35:33 UTC 2022

Dear Alejandro and all,

Thank you for this intervention. Many thanks also to Roberto for posing his
question during the bilateral which I believe to have been answered, at
least partially, by Manal. If more details on the GAC position regarding the
multiple interventions on the war in Ukraine would be needed or any further
conversation between the ACs would be welcome directly after the AGM, do
feel free to let me know and I will be glad to facilitate. As noted during
the session, any such suggestion will be duly pursued, based on mutual
consensus.

Regarding current open letters touching upon this issue, please kindly also
note this one, shared today:
https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2022/03/Civil-society-letter-to
-Biden-Admin-re-Russia-sanctions-and-internet-access_10-March-2022-1.pdf?utm
_source=sendgrid
<https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2022/03/Civil-society-letter-t
o-Biden-Admin-re-Russia-sanctions-and-internet-access_10-March-2022-1.pdf?ut
m_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters>
&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters (we seem to have parallel e-mail
and Skype conversations on this). There was also a dedicated CPWG call on
the issue, I am certain staff can assist to any details regarding the
records of this call, if this would be useful to identify the community
position. 

Kind regards,

Joanna Kulesza

ALAC Liaison to the GAC 

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Alejandro Pisanty Baruch via At-Large
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Cc: nabok at thedigital.gov.ua
Subject: Re: [At-Large] 2019 year Russian legislation on sovereign Internet

Hi,

I deeply deplore this impromptu decision against Roberto's question (it
wasn't even a position!). It leads to the ALAC sitting on its hands waiting
for OBE (obsoleted by events, or "fait accompli" to put it more crudely.)

At the very least, a process that does start and has clear follow-up should
be agreed upon.

Also the open letter by a group of stakeholders regarding a multistakeholder
process to "imposition of Internet sanctions" which is already circulating
should enter the agenda and its dossier. It finds a way around ICANN's clear
motives of restraint  (which I support) and opens other ways to act. 

Alejandro Pisanty

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

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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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-contro
l-online?fbclid=IwAR1S-u8b-fMzbzxrys-sIaZQxBL3ybHynGDhsDJkhhNc7k-a0oIRVrFZ0z
Y)

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-en
crypted-phones-impacted-after-destroying-3g4g-towers-allowing-comms-to-be-in
tercepted/?fbclid=IwAR1KrIo_dkc1Ucuh6IPDdlZZz4VXc8SPSvXhRcSzLRkSakmkj29tRVQf
sMc)

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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