[tor-talk] Russia to ban Tor (?)

[W. Greenhouse]

Here's the source, from 8 February:

http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/05/02/2015/54d393ff9a7947829933db57

Head of Roskomnadzor (.ru telco regulatory agency, currently
responsible for the Unified Register of banned sites) supports the
idea of blocking anonymizers incl. Tor without a court order. Says
it'll be difficult but his agency is ready to try if given legal
authority. Leonid Levin, head of Duma IT committee, plans to move a
bill through committee to do just that.

Levin also seems to think it'll be technically challenging. No
timetable here for debates/voting on any bill and I don't know much
about the Duma calendar, but I will keep an eye on it.

blobby at openmailbox.org writes:

> I know there are some Russian members in this forum.
>
> Link:
> http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-and-tor-ban-looming-on-the-horizon-for-russia-150212/