Vladimir Putin issued an order to block the anticipation of making telephone calls to Russia
The Kremlin wants to block telephone calls made from the "territory of Ukraine and another hostile countries", including Poland. Vladimir Putin has already ordered the first steps to be taken. The decision is to be a consequence to the actions of fraudsters who urge immense sums of money to be paid and besides force them to origin dangerous incidents.
Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian Ministry of the Interior to make measures blocking telephone calls performed from the territory of ‘Ukraine and others’ Unfriendly countries‘. Among the “unfriends” included the United States and Poland.
"The Russian government, together with the FSB of Russia and the Ministry of the Interior of Russia, is developing additional measures to block telephone calls made from Ukraine and another hostile abroad states for criminal purposes, as well as another essential measures to defend the rights and legitimate interests of Russian citizens from criminal activity", a authoritative paper published on the Kremlin website.
The plan to make safety against telephone fraud was already discussed by the Russian authorities at the end of last year. Then Vladimir Putin approved the instructions for its implementation.
Russia's afraid of telephone calls from fraudsters. Extortion and serious incidents
The regulation is to be implemented by July of this year. In informing about it, the Russian RBK portal stressed that Russian residents are increasingly falling victim to telephone scammers. The example cited in the Communication points to a case from last week erstwhile extortion occurred over 9 million rubles from a well-known ballet dancer and choreographer.
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A fraud called a female for months, claiming to be Federal safety Service Officer. The caller warned her about frauds and urged her to transfer 9.1 million rubles to an account of an unknown recipient.
But last month, an eighth grader posted Molotov cocktail to the Moscow property administration building. He was to be forced to act by “a calling con artist from Ukraine”. In addition to this transgression, a young man was ordered to be removed from his household safe. respective 100 1000 rubles.
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Putin described these actions as extorting money from the rank of Ukrainian state policy. Russian telecommunications company Rostelekom stated that most of the calls made by criminals are expected to come from telephone centres in Dnepropetrovsk (central-eastern part of Ukraine – ed.).
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Director of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Information safety Department Wadim Uwarov stated that in connection with fraud, at the end of the first 4th of last year Russian citizens lost together 4 billion rubles.
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