 The book traces the origins of the Russian system of surveillance SORM and tells the story of the Internet in Russia.In December 2015, in the British popular newspaper "The Guardian", Soldatov warned the world’s biggest networks as Twitter, Google and Facebook not to give in to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s demand to host their servers in Russia.If these companies open their doors to Russia’s security services, they will lose control over their information, and give the Kremlin and FSB access to the world's internet traffic, and users’ personal data.