“Russia ever closer to ”the web’s iron curtain””

“The Russian parliament, the duma, has approved a new law which critics say severely threatens the freedom of the internet.”

“With the new law, the country will become completely independent of foreign servers in order to be able to defend itself against cyber attacks. In practice, it becomes easier for the Russian government to block, for example, dissident websites.”

“the state Duma statement has been the subject of loud protests and the law has by some critics been called a”