The government can change the law Spring for five years
The entry into force of the package of anti-terrorist amendments, Irina Spring and Viktor Ozerov may be carried forward for five years — from 2018 to 2023, the Government Commission on legislative activities considering the positive opinion on the relevant draft law, Senator Anton Belyakov and Deputy Oleg Shein.
That the Committee yesterday considered a draft positive opinion on the bill, said a source close to the Commission, and confirmed the meeting. The remark was made by the representative of the FSB, the authors of the document this time for its completion, said one of the interlocutors. What comments on the draft expressed by the FSB, the source did not elaborate. The decision to transfer the Commission on Monday took a review of the government will be discussed, say the source, “Vedomosti”, close to the fee, a person familiar with one of the participants of the meeting. That opinion needs to be modified, in practice, means that overall, the project is supported, but needs to be clarified, explains the latter.
Perhaps a phased entry into force from 1 July 2018, therefore, the bill requires clarification, according to the draft opinion.
“Vedomosti” familiar with the copy.
Answer from the Commission Belyakov last night has not yet received. To prepare for the law enforcement operators is a year — Spring and Ozerov amendments will enter into force on 1 July 2018, According to him, telecoms operators and Internet services are obliged within six months to store all telephone conversations, text messages, images, sounds, videos, and other electronic messages of users. Shortly after the signing of the law by Russian President Vladimir Putin, on July 19 last year, Belyakov and Shein suggested to delay its entry into force for five years.
Given the size of capital expenditures for the fulfillment of the law, the transition period for training the authors of the bill felt it was too short.
They relied on an open letter to operators (MegaFon, MTS, VimpelCom, Tele2), which estimated the cost of storing 2.2 trillion Spending could result in higher rates for the communication operators have to make investments, write Belyakov and Shein in the explanatory note to the bill. For several years operators expect losses that will result in budget losses and will stop the development of the industry.
In addition to the cost of the implementation of the law is accompanied by technical difficulties in creating the infrastructure of communication, which don’t have analogues anywhere else. Although the law would encourage domestic industry, now there is no need capacity and manufacturers and a short transition period may result in placing such a large order on foreign sites, wrote Belyakov and Shein last summer. This is contrary to the instructions of the President to provide data storage on Russian equipment and software. Over the past year are set out in the explanatory Memorandum the arguments become only more urgent, told “Vedomosti” Belyakov.
In early may it became known that the manufacturer of the system for operational-investigative actions “NORSI-TRANS” is preparing a pilot project for the testing of equipment necessary for the execution of the law Spring. Testing will begin with one of the mobile operators. As told sources, “Vedomosti”, MTS. The pilot area will be in one of the larger cities knows one of them. According to him, the operator decided to go back to take existing equipment and see what it’s capable of.
The Ministry of communications has drafted regulations with the storage settings, but the documents have not yet been approved.
Prepared the draft regulations not only eased the situation of the operators, and, conversely, confirmed the worst fears on the assessment of the cost of implementation, says the Director of “MegaFon” for relations with state authorities Dmitry Petrov. In his opinion, a postponement of the law’s entry into force will better prepare the mechanism for its implementation. Including will allow to study the use of domestic equipment, he said. “Vympelcom” does not yet have ideas about ways and means of implementing the requirements of the law and can not test technical solutions, says a representative of the operator Anna Aybasheva. It is obvious that the remaining time before the law comes into force isn’t enough time, and “Vympelcom” supports the proposals to migrate the entry of this law into force, she said.
Representatives of MTS and Tele2 declined to comment.
The representative of the FSB last night on the call of “sheets” have not responded. Press Secretary of Prime Minister Natalya Timakova and the representative of the Ministry of communications has left the questions of “Vedomosti” no answer.
Svetlana Bocharova, Paul Sochi
In the preparation of this article participated Alexei Nikolsky.