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.’
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Written byAlexey Sidorenko
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Anyone who objects to free communication has something to fear.
Because it is absolutely impossible that charity organizations like the CIA use fake identities to stir up the pot to their advantage.