[members-discuss] RIPEdb registry need to be ready for separating?

Dear colleagues,

Propaganda is all around us (in all mass media from all countries, in 
soccial medias, etc.), we do not need to carry it here. The main task of 
RIPE is to maintain the allocation of resources for the functioning of 
the Internet in the region.

The main task of the Internet is to give every user access to information. 
Screening, restricting, banning people's access to information (internet) 
will not in any way resolve the world's military conflicts, nor will it 
lead to peace. On the contrary, it will only deepen differences in 
people's thinking and boost propaganda that is not in the interests of 
societies around the world.

I support the idea of a RIPE program for financial assistance to Ukranian 
LIRs badly affected by the military conflict there, but only after the 
preparation, voting and adoption of clearly set and regulated conditions 
in RIPE documents and contracts that can be used in the future similar 
situations. Otherwise, and hasty action, there is a risk of setting a 
precedent that could be used in the future by unscrupulous members.


Ivaylo Josifov
VarnaIX / Varteh LTD
+359 52 969393
Varna, Bulgaria


On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, Andrzej ?awa wrote:

> W dniu 14.03.2022 o?16:46, Serg Galat pisze:
>> Dear colleagues,
>> 
>> I found some strange scheme -
>> https://twitter.com/EvgeniiBender/status/1502709009408835589?s=20&t=PSGBvgccyYeUB03ZpDPQug
>> 
>> If this is true, Russian LIR must be already registered in those 
>> structures.
>> 
>> Can anyone confirm or disprove the existence of such events?
>> 
>
> Putin has been preparing for this for some time - they don't want to be cut 
> off completely, because they want to attack the civilized world, but they 
> want to control the access to keep Russians in the dark. See: "Great Firewall 
> of China".
>
> I'm a bit uncertain about what steps should be taken... on one hand decent 
> Russians need access to real information. On the other hand - those who are 
> able to see the truth are already convinced and are either hiding or fleeing 
> the country. The rest is, I am afraid, beyond any reason - they are rejecting 
> inconvenient facts even from their own family members. AND they will be 
> attacking "the evil west". In fact they are attacking already - from the 
> necessity I started to block off whole Russian (and Chinese) IP blocks from 
> my network because they were attempting brute-force attacks not from a single 
> IP but from hundreds of IPs simultaneously - so it was evidently a 
> coordinated action from those particular Russian and Chinese ISPs, not just 
> individual hackers.
>
> I would want to keep Russia connected in (naive?) hope of making the truth 
> available to Russians (via VPNs) but... cutting Russia off completely would 
> reduce security risks. And all those ex-Russian IPv4s free again would be a 
> bonus.
>
> Cogent has already cut its backbone connection to Russia:
> https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/inside-cogents-decision-to-curtail-russias-access-to-the-internet/
>
> So please convince me what is the better course of action.
>
> BTW: recently if I write anything on this mailing list some Russian service 
> providers want to set up some account for me at their cloud - it became so 
> bothersome I had to block those domains at the mail server level.
>
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