Overview
- The law obliges operators to suspend communications upon binding FSB demands in situations set out in presidential normative acts.
- Companies are shielded from contractual liability when outages result from complying with those demands.
- The signed text was posted on Russia’s official legal portal and will come into force ten days after the president’s signature.
- Lawmakers tightened the bill during review by replacing “requests” with “demands” and removing wording about protecting citizens from security threats.
- The measure follows extensive mobile internet shutdowns in 2025, with Top10VPN counting 37,166 outage hours affecting about 146 million people.