the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has extended for three years the ban on Russian social network on the territory of the square. In this respect, the new young and creative composition of the Ukrainian Parliament has not gone far from the old – poroshenkovskogo.
to Impose sanctions on Russian web sites, it was decided in 2017, the year. According to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Yandex mail.ru, Vkontakte and Classmates “used by the Russian intelligence services as instruments of Russia in hybrid war”. May 15, 2020, a three-year term of the sanctions expires. Why the Ukrainian Parliament last night found it necessary to extend them for another 3 years. A bill to that approved by the Council for national security and defense under the President of Ukraine, the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada supported only 248 deputies, but it was enough (for approval was a necessary minimum of 226 votes – ed.). Most likely, in the course of the day, President Vladimir Zelensky will put the signature under the text is brought from the forward to the document.
Despite the official position of the Republican leadership, ordinary Ukrainians do not tend to blame social media for the deaths of their compatriots and in the loss of Ukraine’s control over certain Russian-speaking regions. During the rule of President Petro Poroshenko against the ban were at least 60% of Ukrainians, the current number of freethinking Ukrainians no less than in may 2017.
it is Worth Recalling: on the eve of the 2nd round of last year’s presidential election, the candidate Zelensky did not approve of the ban “Russian social networks.” In an interview with the famous Kiev news Vladimir explained his position by the absence of Ukrainian users of its own Network platform for continuous online communication for any issues. However, liberalism Zelensky was over on the “boats that leave the Ukrainians informational influence, embedded in their consciousness of anti-Ukrainian slogans.” This use of social networks, according to Zelensky, – the “crime”, “… this, folks, is another matter”.
Then the most likely winner of the presidential campaign believed that before entering the prohibitions it was necessary to ask the opinion of people. At least, they would have thanked the leader of the nation that at least “I asked.” With this approach, continued Zelensky, people are not actively looking for workarounds; it is likely some of them could even offer some kind of “your model”.
After a year of presidency of Vladimir Zelensky clarified the contours of this “model”. Forced sitting at home since March 17, Ukrainians felt like they really lack of useful services added in Russian social network. Money transfers via “Classmates” (where the Commission is simply ridiculous if to compare with the Western boardsinimi systems), trade Vkontakte any useful detail (especially cosmetics – given the closed beauty salons and non-food shops) other, “correct” (from the point of view of Kiev) social networks like Facebook in terms of coronavirus pandemic elementary “did not pull”.
last night, When the leader of the parliamentary diffraction of “servant of the people” David Arakhamiya argued the leadership of the Parliament the need to convene another extraordinary session for the adoption of the “anti-package” (in which the head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov was also proposed to include antivirus software products like “Dr. Web”, “Kaspersky”, etc.), watching the action SIM with computer screens Ukrainians do not hesitate to wings “promising young politician” untranslatable phrases from local dialects. For legal verification “team Zelensky” ban on a popular Russian resources in Ukraine may come highly undesirable era of the Internet-censoring everything.
everything Starts with the open VPN ban. Talked about it before. Fortunately, mostly in the “background noise”. Senior Ukrainian officials have stopped the very high cost of additional technical solutions required to complete the “closure” Virtual Private Network. Even much more economic powerful China, erected a few years at a multi-billion dollar cost of a virtual “Great Wall”, it failed to completely “neutralize” its own “folk IT-yourselfers”, and they continue to use prohibited services as before.
from time to Time from the aforementioned Russian resources Ukrainians cut off probably associated with the state home-grown “folk craftsmen”. And users are not able to help reinstall the VPN. Ferocious censors bypassed urgently written by someone program. The author of these lines is one such program 2 weeks ago you saved my life; on the “recommended” official Kiev mailer Gmail.com half day for some reason it was impossible to work, and information urgently needed to send.
Another negative prolonged Rada ban – active possible actions of criminal gangs. In 2017 and 2018, the years have been repeatedly documented “attacks” of some motorized groups in the homes of the active users Vkontakte and “Classmates”. At first unknown persons attacked they use the browser on the display, there were excerpts from “restraining” the decree of Peter Poroshenko and phone numbers, which could agree with anonymous about the unlocking operation of the computer. Those who doubted, anonymous threatened the imminent visit of the “mobile teams of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine”.
They arrived in two Vases, – told “MK” a young h��persons. – Wearing the same dark uniform, with rubber batons, with attached to belts gas cans. Was pounding on the door. I warned you: 5 more minutes come the police called me, and that was not boring, reloaded hunting rifle my parents.
Strangers hastened to return to their cars and sped away, likely for others established their “Manager” locations.
Deputy head of the parliamentary Committee on issues of digital transformation Alexander Fedenko (fraction “servant of the people”) says: the Ukrainians who have left over the past three years “Classmates” and Facebook, even in the event of cancellation in 2023 restrictions is unlikely to return to these social networks. Say, due to the outflow of compatriots “ecosystem is destroyed, it is nothing more, better do not delay to get re other resources.”
London Analytics company SimilarWeb, by contrast, is stated at the end of April rather stable position of Vkontakte and “Classmates” in Ukraine. In the British web analysts Top 10 most popular Ukrainian sites Vkontakte is still on the 4th place, but OK – on the 9th.
what the current parliamentarians decided to extend the ban poroshenkovskih time “MK” was told by the experts:
Alexei Yakubina, the Ukrainian analyst:
a Year ago the current President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky critical remarks about the ban. Accordingly, his voters voting for him thought that he will soon allow the use of Russian social networks. Especially in the age of information to ban means to advertise. But now it seems that Zelensky change your mind, but do not want to take responsibility for the decision. First, the NSDC Secretary said that already prepared a draft ban for the next three years, secondly, voted for the decision by the Verkhovna Rada. When Zelensky will issue the order, he will say that he was pushed the whole ruling elite. And all because he considers it necessary not to quarrel with the nationalists. However, he still hesitates. Apparently trying to assess how it will affect his approval rating. Still, the voters expected him to do the other.
Oleksiy Bebel, analyst Castrato:
– the Decision to extend the ban on Russian social network entirely depends on the personal position of the President of Ukraine. If he believes that the ban should be removed, no it will not hurt if you decide to go, the same obstacles will not be. Obviously the President parses the arguments of different parties and trying to decide what to do. While a lot of discussion on this topic in the Ukrainian society, especially when compared with 2017. But this is a normal situation. When we are talking about banning something are��him and demanded, that is one thing, but when the question of extending the sanctions, then a very different situation.
