Ethical and Moral Issues Involved in Implementing Internet Technology in Russia

            Russia’s government is predominantly Federalist ruled; therefore, any sort of new technology advances will be challenged due to the way it is run.  A Federalist government is a form of government that its power is divided between a central authority and multiple regions (2008).  The Russian Federation is structured more along the lines of a representative democracy whereas the power of the government is mainly given to the Prime Minister and Federal Assembly.  Consequently, any technology that is not approved by the Prime Minister for any reason can be turned away (Dreamweaver, 2008).

            The Russian Government may not allow the new internet technologies into their ordinary citizens’ households for many different reasons.  One of the most problematic reasons is because the government seemingly wants to control its civilians and make them believe they are living in the best country and are being treated fairly (Dreamweaver, 2008).  With the introduction of the internet, communication lines are opened up to the outside world, and the Russian residents would have new insights into different cultures.  If this were to happen, the inhabitants would create an uprising and overthrow the government or simply leave the country for better treatment (2008).

            New technology has a high price attached to it, and even if the government would allow the implementation of this new knowledge, they would not be able to afford it.  Especially if the technology is to be distributed throughout the country, the Russian government would be exhausted of most monetary values within it’s’ grasp.  The civilians would never be able to afford the technology and the government would have wasted much of its resources on an unused technology (Dreamweaver, 2008). 

            With the ever growing technology of cyberspace, the Russian government would try to reap the benefits of the internet usage by its civilians.  There are many ways to “spy” using the internet (Earle, 2009).  They could simply hack into personal systems to see anything from their emails to their credit card purchases.  They could look into what websites their citizens are viewing and what they are searching for online.  They can do this by gaining access through security programs or hacking software (Fedorova, 2009).