The 'cyber' the largest blogging service in Russia, as well as a warning from the Secret Services on the 'threat' posed by encryption services like Gmail and Skype, have raised fears that authorities are closing the circle pressure against dissent through restrictions on freedom of expression, as in China.
With an eye on the Arab revolt that led to the overthrow of the Egyptian and Tunisian governments, which have stimulated the Western military intervention in Libya, Moscow is ready to defuse potential crises before the December parliamentary elections and, all, of the 2012 presidential.
In a country where many of the state owned media, the Internet is one of the last bastions of free speech. Russian bloggers with some freedom to criticize the authorities and raised trenchant questions about high-level corruption and exchange information without fear of censorship. However, the price of open dissent on the Internet can be too high, when less than a year for the presidential elections that could return the current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was president between 2000 and 2008 - back to the chair the summit of power in Russia.
"People close to the government believe that the Internet will be crucial in the coming elections, rather than the traditional media," said Andrei Soldatov, head of think-tank 'Agentura. ru. By the way, the authorities want to be prepared for the worst. Last week, nearly five million bloggers - including the president, Dmitry Medvedev, remained 'dark' because a 'cyber' that temporarily closed the main Russian service publishing journals 'online', Livejournal.
ru. "This is a test in a very important year to see if possible closure of websites, including social networking sites, in case of demonstrations," Soldatov said. Putin and Medvedev, his protege, enjoyed high rates of popular approval, about 70%, but its popularity has begun to fall in part by the perception that the income from oil price increases are not reaching population.
While both leaders have announced they will soon decide which of them will be presented to the March presidential next year. U.S. alert for possible cyber attacks just from Russia itself and China, reflected in its 2010 report on human rights that virtually all Russian Internet traffic passing through the security services (FSB), successor to the KGB Soviet.
The center's director of communications FSB special Andreyechkin Alexander said last week that the uncontrolled use of Gmail, Hotmail and Skype represent "a major threat to national security" and called for protecting access to encrypted messages to providers of these services. Google has not said anything about sharing access to Gmail with the Russian authorities.
The browser already faced several months ago for similar issues with China, and last month accused Beijing of access problems to the service for Chinese users. For its part, Microsoft-owned Hotmail, said in a statement that "account security and privacy is a top priority of Hotmail." "We secure the private customer data, and work closely with industry leaders and governments around the world," he said.
For its part, the mastermind behind recent attacks on the LiveJournal site has been the subject of speculation. However, it is known that Russian hackers have been contacted and hired by the state security organs to carry out attacks inside and outside the country, Soldatov said in his book 'The New Nobility.
" LiveJournal was brought down by a denial of service, an extended method to attack websites with a flood of requests 'online' against their servers, which end up blocking. Chechen separatists and the Government of Estonia have been two victims 'high profile' of similar attacks in the past.
Supporters of WikiLeaks also use this method to attack organizations that attempt to block the activities of the controversial website. A study published last month by the firm ComScore says that Russians are the busiest in the world in the use of social networks, and each visitor spends an average of 9.8 hours in this type of site per month, more than double the world average.
In general, Internet use has also increased in recent decades in Russia. 43% of Russians entering the network regularly, compared with a rate of only 6% in 2002, according to the Public Opinion Foundation, an independent pollster in Russia. Many members of the Russian blogger community, outraged by the recent 'cyber', is defiant.
"Whether or not to close Facebook, Twitter or any other popular media," said Viktor Korb LJ user in his blog last week. "You never realize that the more pressure and a ban, will suffer the consequences of their actions," he said. 
With an eye on the Arab revolt that led to the overthrow of the Egyptian and Tunisian governments, which have stimulated the Western military intervention in Libya, Moscow is ready to defuse potential crises before the December parliamentary elections and, all, of the 2012 presidential.
In a country where many of the state owned media, the Internet is one of the last bastions of free speech. Russian bloggers with some freedom to criticize the authorities and raised trenchant questions about high-level corruption and exchange information without fear of censorship. However, the price of open dissent on the Internet can be too high, when less than a year for the presidential elections that could return the current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was president between 2000 and 2008 - back to the chair the summit of power in Russia.
"People close to the government believe that the Internet will be crucial in the coming elections, rather than the traditional media," said Andrei Soldatov, head of think-tank 'Agentura. ru. By the way, the authorities want to be prepared for the worst. Last week, nearly five million bloggers - including the president, Dmitry Medvedev, remained 'dark' because a 'cyber' that temporarily closed the main Russian service publishing journals 'online', Livejournal.
ru. "This is a test in a very important year to see if possible closure of websites, including social networking sites, in case of demonstrations," Soldatov said. Putin and Medvedev, his protege, enjoyed high rates of popular approval, about 70%, but its popularity has begun to fall in part by the perception that the income from oil price increases are not reaching population.
While both leaders have announced they will soon decide which of them will be presented to the March presidential next year. U.S. alert for possible cyber attacks just from Russia itself and China, reflected in its 2010 report on human rights that virtually all Russian Internet traffic passing through the security services (FSB), successor to the KGB Soviet.
The center's director of communications FSB special Andreyechkin Alexander said last week that the uncontrolled use of Gmail, Hotmail and Skype represent "a major threat to national security" and called for protecting access to encrypted messages to providers of these services. Google has not said anything about sharing access to Gmail with the Russian authorities.
The browser already faced several months ago for similar issues with China, and last month accused Beijing of access problems to the service for Chinese users. For its part, Microsoft-owned Hotmail, said in a statement that "account security and privacy is a top priority of Hotmail." "We secure the private customer data, and work closely with industry leaders and governments around the world," he said.
For its part, the mastermind behind recent attacks on the LiveJournal site has been the subject of speculation. However, it is known that Russian hackers have been contacted and hired by the state security organs to carry out attacks inside and outside the country, Soldatov said in his book 'The New Nobility.
" LiveJournal was brought down by a denial of service, an extended method to attack websites with a flood of requests 'online' against their servers, which end up blocking. Chechen separatists and the Government of Estonia have been two victims 'high profile' of similar attacks in the past.
Supporters of WikiLeaks also use this method to attack organizations that attempt to block the activities of the controversial website. A study published last month by the firm ComScore says that Russians are the busiest in the world in the use of social networks, and each visitor spends an average of 9.8 hours in this type of site per month, more than double the world average.
In general, Internet use has also increased in recent decades in Russia. 43% of Russians entering the network regularly, compared with a rate of only 6% in 2002, according to the Public Opinion Foundation, an independent pollster in Russia. Many members of the Russian blogger community, outraged by the recent 'cyber', is defiant.
"Whether or not to close Facebook, Twitter or any other popular media," said Viktor Korb LJ user in his blog last week. "You never realize that the more pressure and a ban, will suffer the consequences of their actions," he said.
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