DutchNews.nl,
Friday 31 January 2014
The Russian
authorities will monitor and store data communication details from foreign
athletes, journalists and official delegations during the Winter Olympics in
Sochi, according to research by Dutch news website De Correspondent.
The website says Russian prime minister Dimitri Medvedev signed the decree approving the
surveillance last November in great secrecy.
The decree
implies Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, sports minister Edith Schippers and
the king and queen could have their communications stored for up to three
years, the website says.
Brussels
The
European Commission is aware of the situation and expects member states to
inform the people concerned, De Correspondent said.
In the
Netherlands this has not happened. Yesterday, however, two sentences were added
to the official travel advice for Russia.
One states
‘be aware that Russian law allows all data traffic (telephone, email, internet
etc) which is transmitted over the Russian communications network to be
monitored, kept and analysed.’
The
technology available in Sochi means not only meta data - who phoned who and
when - can be monitored but actual conversations and emails can been analysed
as well, De Correspondent said.
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