Contents tagged with Federation Council

  • Russian Federation Council disconnected from the internet on the day of voting on the sovereign Internet law

    The Russian Federation Council members were left without access to the internet on the day they were supposed to vote on the law “on sovereign internet (Runet)”, which provides for the possibility of isolating Russia from the worldwide network and tightening control over internet traffic within the country.

    According to TASS, at about 9.30am the Federation Council, due to technical problems, lost electricity in several rooms of the upper house of parliament.

    Although after 10 minutes the …