{"id":1373684,"date":"2026-03-25T12:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/roskomnadzor-in-embroidery-or-tracing-paper-from-the-russian-sorm\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:25:42","slug":"roskomnadzor-in-embroidery-or-tracing-paper-from-the-russian-sorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/roskomnadzor-in-embroidery-or-tracing-paper-from-the-russian-sorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracing SORM: How Roskomnadzor Writes Control in Invisible Ink"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

In the shadow of a major war and constant social upheaval, governments tend to carry out their most dangerous actions in near-total silence. While the country scrolls endlessly through news feeds, searching for updates from the front, another clock is ticking\u2014quietly, persistently\u2014in the deep drawers of the Verkhovna Rada. Bill No. 8087 does not announce itself. It does not demand attention. It waits.<\/strong>
\nThis document, adopted in the first reading on August 9, 2023, was deliberately put on hold so it could be quickly turned into law at the right moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficially, it is presented under the noble pretext of \u2018strengthening the state\u2019s cyber defense.\u2019 But strip away the bureaucratic ornamentation, and what remains is the legal groundwork for a full-fledged digital dictatorship. To grasp the true scale of this threat, one need only look at the name of its principal ideological inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Architect of Monopoly: From Smartphone to Total Control<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The unspoken curator and ideological inspirer of this system is Mykhailo Fedorov. The logic here is ironclad\u2014and even more unsettling. Bill No. 8087 was drafted and actively lobbied back in 2023, when Fedorov, serving as Deputy Prime Minister for Digital Transformation, consolidated control over the State Service of Special Communications\u2014the primary beneficiary of this law. Then, faced with fierce opposition from business and anti-corruption activists, the authorities hesitated to push it through to the final vote\u2014and the bill was quietly shelved \u2018until better times.\u2019<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of 2026, Fedorov has headed the Ministry of Defense. Consider the scale of this concentration: the military machine, mobilization processes, all key state registers, telecommunications, and cryptographic protection are now consolidated within a single vertical of power. Bill No. 8087 is the last piece of the puzzle, an attempt to legalize absolute surveillance not only of the state sector but also of the private digital life of every Ukrainian and business.<\/p>\n

The main beneficiary\u2014and enforcement mechanism\u2014of this law will be the State Service of Special Communications, a structure that has for years remained under the influence of the architects of the Ministry of Digital Transformation. If the vote succeeds, this body will be granted powers that would be the envy of the security services of authoritarian regimes.<\/p>\n

It is about creating a system of total state control over the so-called “objects of critical information infrastructure.” The trick is that the criteria for this “criticality” are written so loosely that anyone can be fitted to them: from a national telecom giant to a medium-sized IT company, a logistics hub, or even an ordinary sole proprietorship.<\/p>\n

What this means in practice:<\/p>\n

Inspectors from the State Service of Special Communications\u2014backed by the Security Service of Ukraine and the cyber police\u2014have the authority to conduct inspections without any court authorization.<\/p>\n

They will be able to enter the premises without hindrance and demand access to equipment, servers, customer databases, and trade secrets.<\/p>\n

In cases of \u2018non-compliance with standards,\u2019 they gain the authority to seize equipment and effectively shut down a business.<\/p>\n\t\t