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Email Print A man looks at an Apple iPhone in a mobile phone shop in Moscow after its official sale started in Russia October 3, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter Related News UAE to limit some BlackBerry services, paper says Sat, Apr 16 2011 UPDATE 2-Internet gambling sites owners charged with fraud Fri, Apr 15 2011 South Korean portals file competition complaint against Google Fri, Apr 15 2011 Groupon IPO may value company at $15-$20 billion: source Thu, Apr 14 2011 Special report: In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge Thu, Apr 14 2011 Analysis & Opinion Beware of sites that charge to change addresses Live Coverage: Will Page lead Google’s call? Related Topics Technology » Media » By Maria Tsvetkova and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW | Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:09pm EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is looking to the experience of other countries, including China, to "regulate" Internet use, though Moscow has no plans to broaden web censorship, a government spokesman said on Saturday. Weeks after hacker attacks temporarily closed down the country's most popular blog site, a state tender calling for research into "foreign experience in regulating" the Internet has revived fears that authorities plan to clamp down on Internet freedoms ahead of 2012 presidential elections. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, said the tender was in no way an indication that Moscow wanted insight into Internet censorship. "It is enough to look at those resources that exist in the Russian Internet to see that there is no censorship there," he said. Peskov said researchers would study best practices in Internet regulation of other countries, including China. In a country where much media is state-run, the Internet is one of the last bastions of free speech. Russian bloggers freely criticize authorities, often scathingly, question high-level corruption and swap information. After Russia's main security service said earlier this month that uncontrolled use of Skype and Gmail was a "security threat," Internet users feared that "regulation" may lead to tightening of freedoms on the Web. "They're trying in their own way, of course boneheadedly, to tighten the screws," an Internet user under the name alekc75 wrote about the government tender on a popular blog. Security analysts say cyber attacks this month on blogging site Live Journal could be a test drive for closing down web sites, in particular social networking sites, in case of demonstrations ahead of next year's presidential elections. The Internet has played a crucial role in the unrest that has rocked Northern Africa and the Middle East, prompting some governments to shut it down. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in February, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Google was responsible for uprisings that helped unseat Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Ilya Ponomaryov, a member of Parliament and the Duma information committee, said Russia was in a very early stage in developing Internet regulation. "Our Internet regulation is currently the most liberal in the world because we have none," Ponomaryov told Reuters. He said parliament was now working on amending a series of laws to take into account the rapidly developing Internet. The Live Journal site was brought down by a denial of service attack -- a tried and tested method of disrupting websites by flooding their servers with requests. Chechen separatists and the Georgian and Estonian governments have been high-profile victims of similar attacks in the past. Supporters of WikiLeaks also used this method to attack organisations that blocked support for WikiLeaks. (Writing and additional reporting by Thomas Grove; Editing by Peter Graff) Technology Media Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) xeriot wrote: As if other countries do not “regulate” the Internet. Apr 16, 2011 12:45pm EDT -- Report as abuse abuhamdani wrote: Not quite to the paranoid extent as Russia and China does, xeriot. Apr 16, 2011 7:57pm EDT -- Report as abuse chyron wrote: Well, being Russian and thus monitoring numerous forums, i must say that currently quantity of astroturfers and provacateurs in russian internet is off the scale. Sometime ago my favourite political forum admins added geo data to posts – which led to dissappearance of many vivid “personalities” as it’s a bit inconvient to pretend to live in Siberia and at same time always post from Haifa or Vancouver(though by now i think they already know how to use proxies)… Apr 16, 2011 9:53pm EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) © Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters Editorial Editions: Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom United States Reuters Contact Us Advertise With Us Help Journalism Handbook Archive Site Index Video Index Reader Feedback Mobile Newsletters RSS Podcasts Widgets Your View Analyst Research Thomson Reuters Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Careers Online Products Acquisitions Monthly Buyouts Venture Capital Journal International Financing Review Project Finance International PEhub.com PE Week FindLaw Super Lawyers Attorney Rating Service Reuters on Facebook Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. 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