Russia Warns Starlink and OneWeb Could Pose a Risk to National Sovereignty
Russia’s Security Council said the services are expanding in countries pursuing faster digitalization and could threaten national sovereignty.
- On Friday, Russia's Security Council experts warned that Western satellite systems like Starlink and OneWeb pose risks to sovereign nations, citing potential to destabilize socio-political situations.
- This assessment followed a Scientific and Expert Council meeting focused on information security, where officials reviewed the deployment of Russia's own low-Earth orbit satellite infrastructure.
- Security Council officials identified Starlink and OneWeb as primary concerns due to their rapid expansion in countries actively pursuing accelerated digitalization of their national economies.
- Russia has launched more than 30 satellites for its homegrown Rassvet system, developing this domestic low-Earth orbit internet alternative to counter Western dominance.
- Despite Starlink's role in Ukraine's military communications, President Vladimir Putin recently praised Elon Musk as a 'genius,' acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its own equivalent.
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Russian Security Council Says Starlink/Oneweb Satellite Services Pose Risk to Sovereign Countries: RIA Reports
Russia's Security Council has flagged Starlink and OneWeb as potential risks to sovereign nations, alleging their services could be used to destabilise countries.
Russian Security Council says Starlink/Oneweb satellite services pose risk to sovereign countries, RIA reports
MOSCOW, Nov 6 - Experts on Russia's Security Council have said that Western satellite communications services such as Starlink and OneWeb could be used to destabilise the socio-political situation in sovereign countries and therefore pose a risk, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The members of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Russian Security Council stated that Starlink and OneWeb satellite services posed risks of destabilization of the socio-political situation in sovereign States. Members of the Bureau of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Russian Security Council held a meeting on the use of a domestic low-orbit satellite communications and Internet access system for the country's information security,…
Western low-orbit satellite communications systems Starlink and OneWeb are being used to destabilize the socio-political situation in sovereign countries and announced to the press service of the Russian Security Council on Friday." A meeting was held among the members of the Bureau of the Scientific and Expert Council of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on the use of the domestic low-orbit satellite communications system and acces…
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