Putin calls for maintaining Internet freedom (on April 7, 2019 - 25th anniversary of .ru domain)
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MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. The Internet should remain a free zone, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a welcome message to the participants, organizers and guests of the Tenth Russian Internet Governance Forum, which opened on Monday. First Deputy Chief of the Presidential Staff Sergei Kiriyenko read the message out.
"I am confident that we should continue to follow the principle of the freedom of the Internet, creating conditions for a wide exchange of information and the implementation of business initiatives and startups," Putin said.
The Russian president added that efforts to combat illegal content on the Internet required the online community’s participation.
Putin pointed out that Russia’s national Internet domain - .ru - had been registered on April 7, 1994. He thanked all those "who contributed their labor, talents and enthusiasm to the creation of the Russian segment of the Internet." "It was difficult to imagine 25 years ago that very soon, the Internet would radically change the world," Putin said. "Social media, communication networks, distance employment and education, online trade and provision of state services have become part of everyday life for millions of people, it is a true sign of the times," Putin said.
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