{"id":13116,"date":"2024-06-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/03\/en-russia-igf-2024-overview\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:00:00","slug":"en-russia-igf-2024-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2024\/06\/03\/en-russia-igf-2024-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"RIGF 2024 \u2014 The 14th Russian Internet Governance Forum \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 14th Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF 2024) met in Moscow on 9\u201310 April 2024 in hybrid form \u2014 700+ registrants from 20 countries, nine sessions, 60+ speakers \u2014 marking the .RU domain's 30th anniversary.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Framed by official claims that the Runet keeps growing despite sanctions, sessions covered AI regulation, cybercrime, data governance and the Global Digital Compact, plus an AI Ethics Code signing and WSIS+20 preparations.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The UN IGF Secretariat's Chengetai Masango joined the opening even as the centre of gravity shifted to technological sovereignty \u2014 a fixed-point observation of the 'sovereignising' internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on RIGF 2024 \u2014 The 14th Russian Internet Governance Forum<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nRIGF 2024 \u2014 The 14th Russian Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n14th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n9\u201310 April 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nMoscow, Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\nMore than 700 registered participants from 20 countries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n9 (Nine plenary sessions with 60+ speakers across eight thematic sections: international cooperation and tech leadership, AI strategies, cybercrime, online safety, data governance, digital divide and inclusion, regulatory balance, and the Global Digital Compact)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nHybrid (in-person and online; free with registration)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Award<\/td>\nThe Virtuti Interneti award went to cybersecurity expert Alexey Lukatsky; new signatories joined Russia's AI Ethics Code during the forum, taking it past 300 organisations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCoordination Center for TLD .RU\/.\u0420\u0424 and the Center for Global IT-Cooperation (CGITC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Note<\/td>\n30th anniversary of the .RU domain (registered 7 April 1994)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The Runet Under Sanctions \u2014 "Still Growing Despite It All"<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Opening session and official summaries (9 April)<\/p>\n

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    "Despite difficulties and sanctions, the Runet continues to develop successfully and dynamically"
    \n\u2014 Alexander Shoitov (Deputy Minister of Digital Development) \u2014 translated from Russian<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n