Russia plans 'sovereign internet' tests to combat external threats

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Russia plans 'sovereign internet' tests to combat external threats

Experiment to put domestic internet infrastructure through its paces.

Russia on will carry out tests on Monday on the reliability of its domestic internet infrastructure in the event that the country is disconnected from the worldwide web, the communications ministry said. The threat testing will take place in stages on December 23 and will not affect regular ...

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