Russia is reengineering the way Russians interact with independent media

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission): House Commission · January 7, 2026

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Thesis: Russia has capacity and will for total Internet control

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Unidentified Speaker opened by saying that since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine the Russian government has demonstrated both the political will and the technical capacity to implement a sophisticated model of near-total internet control.

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An unidentified speaker outlined how the Russian government is pursuing a ‘‘lock net’’ model—centered on a single super-app and a centralized RuNet-style infrastructure—that could enable near-total censorship and surveillance similar to China, and warned this is a long-term strategy rather than a tactic.

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