The Roskomnadzor agency has refuted reports of user surveillance by informing media outlets that its order does not entail tracking user activities or collecting data from banned websites. The document was registered on March 31, 2025, with the Russian Ministry of Justice under the procedure for providing information by telecom operators — old operators must transfer data within six months, while new ones have to do so within fifteen working days since the start of services.
RKN required 1981 telecom operators to report changes in subscriber information daily via email or their personal account on the agency's website. Of these, 493 are connected to TSPU (technical means for countering threats). The company MTS opposed the initiative, pointing out the technical impossibility of providing data on the region and city of IP address usage. Costs to comply with requirements are estimated at 389 million rubles annually or 23 billion over six years.
RKN insists that the project does not involve the confidentiality of communications or the identification of individual users, but only requires information about the allocation of IPv4 (32-bit) and IPv6 (128-bit) address spaces. The draft order establishes an obligation for telecom operators to provide Roskomnadzor with information for identifying communication devices and user equipment in the Internet network and allocated network addresses.