Over 40 percent of Russians support the verification of internet users on social networks or other internet platforms, as proposed in a bill drafted by a well-known pro-Orthodox lawmaker.
I wonder if it's real or just propaganda? FWIW,
In May, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the strategy for the development of the Russian information community between 2017 and 2030. This document states that in order to successfully develop the internet and the communications infrastructure as a whole, the country needs working mechanisms that would introduce a system of trust between users, and eliminate anonymity and the lack of responsibility that it causes.
Usually people co-sponsoring this kind of legislation have ties to various corporations or government entities. Most of those things are fast-tracked without any kind of input from the populace.
Man, this is starting to look like Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin.