The stakes are getting higher in the battle between the state and the Internet giants.

A little more than two years ago, in March 2012, Sergei Smirnov, first deputy director of the Federal Security Service, presented a policy paper about the threat to state power posed by ...

Even the recent and onerous restrictions on blogs were only mentioned once at the forum.

President Vladimir Putin, who had previously shown complete indifference to the Internet, has suddenly given an exhaustive explanation of his position on the subject. It has thus become clear that on key ...

The intrigue is growing over the Federal Security Service's involvement in Ukraine. On April 11, Ukraine's Deputy Prosecutor General said there was no evidence implicating the FSB in events on Maidan Square.

The Kremlin not only did not deny allegations of illegal spying. They seemed to be proud of it.

Russian intelligence agencies are violating the law when they gather metadata on citizens without a court order.

After the FSB announced its plans to gain direct access to phone calls and e-mails without a court warrant, other Russian agencies said they want in on the spying game.

After the Snowden news conference, the real question everybody is asking is: Does the FSB control Snowden's every action?

While the U.S. has checks and balances that regulate how the state eavesdrops on its citizens, Russia has none.