Pres dept: Govt cannot help but regulate Web, situation critical

MOSCOW, May 26 (PRIME) -- The situation in the Internet sector has become critical and the government cannot help but regulate it, Tatyana Matveyeva, head of the Russian president’s department for information and communication technologies development, said on Wednesday at a meeting held by the communications service.

“The government has started regulating the Internet environment actively, because the current situation, which is unfolding on the Internet now, has become rather, let’s say, critical. It cannot be but regulated,” Matveyeva said.

“From the point of view of the average citizen, one may think that the government is everywhere, it’s got down to regulations, tightening the screws. The government has turned out to be tough here. Perhaps, it evokes a certain negative opinion of the citizens as to the government’s actions.”

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