Russia mandates backdoors, data retention next

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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/06/24/1825242/russia-lawmakers-pass-spying-law-that-requires-encryption-backdoors-call-surveillance
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/encryption-backdoor-russia-fsb-bill-passes/

A bill that was proposed recently in the Russian Duma to make
cryptographic backdoors mandatory in all messaging apps, has passed.
Patrick Howell O'Neill, reports for DailyDot:A massive surveillance
bill is now on its way to becoming law in Russia. The "anti-terrorism"
legislation includes a vast data-eavesdropping and -retention program
so that telecom and internet companies have to record and store all
customer communications for six months, potentially at a
multitrillion-dollar cost. Additionally, all internet firms have to
provide mandatory backdoor access into encrypted communications for
the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency and successor to the KGB. The
bill, with support from the ruling United Russia party, passed Friday
in the Duma, Russia's lower legislative house, with 277 votes for, 148
against, and one abstaining. It now moves to Russia's Federal Council
and the Kremlin, where it's expected to pass into law.