MOSCOW, May 30 (RAPSI) – Russian Communications Ministry has developed a bill that introduces changes to the communications and information laws and allows government to control the entire critical Internet infrastructure in Russia, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday.

According to the bill, Russian segment of the Internet will be regulated by the federal government entity that would issue contracts on control of the Internet segment, Vedomosti has reported. Currently .ru and .рф internet domains are regulated by the non-profit Coordination Center of the national domain of Internet which accredits domain name registrars and regulates their registration rules.

Lawmakers behind the bill also propose to control all Internet traffic coming from other countries, Vedomosti has reported. The bill obligates owners of all “autonomous systems” that exchange traffic with foreign networks to install special equipment for control of the traffic. Lawmakers also propose to create an information system uniting Domain Name System (DNS), IP-addresses and traffic monitoring.

According to Vedomosti, the bill also establishes government control over all networks created by both individuals and judicial entities. The bill obligates all users of such networks to register.

Russian official told Vedomosti that the bill does not try to make Russian Internet completely autonomous but to ensure its continuous work.