Russia: FSB Representative Urges to Ban Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Alexander Andreyechkin, head of Information and Special Communications Protection Center of Federal Security Service (FSB), said that uncontrollable use of Skype, Gmail, and Hotmail ‘can lead to a massive threat to Russia's security” and urged to ban these services, RIA Novosti reported [ru]. On the same day, anonymous Kremlin representative stated [ru] that such proposition was Andreyechkin's ‘personal opinion’ and ‘didn't reflect government Internet policy.’