Kremlin critics, telecom companies and fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden decried a set of new anti-terrorism measures in Russia that they call an Orwellian encroachment on the privacy and civil freedoms of millions that revives the totalitarian control of the Soviet-era.
Los Angeles Times: ‘This is 100 percent a step toward an Iron Curtain.’ Russia weighs anti-terrorism law criticized as draconian
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses deputies during a session of the State Duma, Russia's lower chamber of Parliament, in Moscow on June 15, 2016.
