[governance] Russia plans to create independent web / internet

[Veni Markovski]

At 14:02 10/22/2007  -0700, you wrote:
>Very interesting - all the articles including the one on Wired.com.  Evidently
>this is a network that is only based in Russia - like a tree whose 
>trunk is the only visible thing -
>the roots going too far and wide and the branches spreading too far 
>and wide...
>
>Maybe by the time we read this, the reorganization of network 
>'members' may already have been
>concluded.
>
>Question though: what is the correlation of a country's transparency 
>index to its cybersecurity?

There are other questions, too:
e.g. if they have not been able to solve some of their national 
problems vis-a-vis Internet as described in the article, can they try 
to solve the global problems [first]? I think one of the message we 
are bringing this year to Russia is that they can't continue to be 
part of the landscape, and believe that this is solving the problems 
of the Internet. When ISOC, ICANN, the IETF and others are suggesting 
larger participation of Russian engineers, officials, users, in the 
huge Internet arena, we do it, because we know it's good for the 
Internet users in Russia, but also - it makes the whole country 
allied with the most high-tech developed countries. The Russian 
engineers are good, so instead of using their skills for good things, 
among other to participate in the drafting of the RFCs, in the 
meetings of the IETF, in the international Internet forums, why waste 
them in activities, which are illegal. I am positive that sooner or 
later the Russians will understand there are ways to contribute, even 
if the country as a whole is not a high-tech one; the best way to do 
it is with the brains of your engineers.

Veni 

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