Clifford Chance
New legislation regulating cyber security and the internet in Russia (English)
2 October 2017
This summer Russia has passed three new cyber-security and Internet laws:
(1) Federal Law No. 187-FZ "On the Security of the Russian Federation's Critical Data Infrastructure", which introduces requirements for infrastructure security (the "CDI Law");
(2) Federal Law No. 276-FZ "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Data, Information Technologies and Data Security", which regulates the technologies that can be used to access restricted websites in Russia (the "VPN Law"), and
(3) Federal Law No. 241-FZ "On Amendments to Articles 10.1 and 15.4 of the Federal Law "On Data, Information Technologies and Data Security", which introduces specific regulations for instant messaging service providers (the "IM Law").
This briefing provides an overview of these laws.
