War on Huawei risks ‘destroying’ tech world: Russia

Moscow: The Trump administration’s fight against China’s Huawei Technologies justifies Russia’s decision to build a “sovereign internet” to protect its domestic network from external threats, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov.

“What the US is doing now – they’re destroying this world,” Akimov, who oversees telecom, transport and digital economy infrastructure in Russia, said in a June 7 interview at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “But the shrapnel will hurt everyone,” he said.

The assault on Huawei showed “one-sided unfriendly actions of countries can have fatal consequences,” said Akimov.