Vladimir Putin Acknowledges Existence Of Threat For Russia To Be Cut From Internet

Vladimir Putin Acknowledges Existence of Threat for Russia to Be Cut From Internet

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that there is a theoretical threat of Russia being disconnected from the Internet, and urged the creation of independent segments

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th February, 2019) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that there is a theoretical threat of Russia being disconnected from the internet, and urged the creation of independent segments.

"I cannot guess what our partners have in mind. I think it will cause them enormous harm, damage," Putin said at a meeting with representatives of Russian news agencies and print media.

"I believe that they will think 100 times before doing this, but theoretically everything is possible, therefore, we should create [Internet] segments that do not depend on anyone," he stressed.