MOSCOW (Ina) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Thursday a controversial series of anti -terrorism laws reinforce especially monitor communications and force Internet companies to users 'data for months storage .
The measures were published Thursday on a government site and adopted by the end of June theRussians Representatives penalized for failing to report the crime and reduce the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years and impose prison sentences of up to seven years on "publicly praising terrorism" including on the internet .
and control networks by special services enhance by forcing equipped with internet service companies and social networks , storage and communication messages and user data for a period of six months to be transferred to "appropriate government agencies , " if you wish .
The opposition condemned these laws, describing it as an attempt of the authorities "to impose full control." A former adviser to US intelligence Edward Snowden , who fled to Russia, that these laws areequivalent to the imposition of "mass censorship ."
He warned the chairman of the company "Maghaffon" Russian to run mobile phones , Sergei Soldatenkov said in an interview to the newspaper "Kommersant" Thursday that the new law on data storage the company will be forced to spend 200 billion rubles (2.8 billion euros) to finance thenecessary infrastructure ie four times the value of its annual profits .
" the text will spend financially on the telecommunications industry" in Russia , a proposal that thegovernment is entering a new tax in the sector to build the necessary infrastructure .
for his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that Vladimir Putin instructed the government monitor the implementation of this law , and he would take measures in the event of theconsequences appeared "undesirable ."
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