Russia says it will not impose internet regulations as China

Moscow [Russia]: Addressing growing dissent over new censorship law, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday (local time) said Russia would not impose regulations as China.

“Of course, we will not have such regulation as in China. I will even say more — even in China this regulation often does not bring, perhaps, the results to which it was originally oriented. Moreover, we do not strive for such regulation, no firewall appears here”, Sputnik quoted Medvedev as saying.

The Russian Government recently passed a new censorship law that allows it to target individuals and website for spreading fake news and disrespecting state symbols.