The State Duma classified data on restricted, defense, and energy facilities from op...

The State Duma removed data on restricted, defense, and energy facilities from open access

State Duma deputies passed a law excluding information on restricted, defense, and energy facilities from open access. The data will disappear from the cadastral map, as well as from the Unified State Register of Real Estate.

The law applies to restricted and defense real estate, fuel and energy complex facilities, and transport infrastructure, including defense industry enterprises and oil refineries.

According to United Russia deputies, this information must be concealed because of the “significantly increased threats against” such facilities.

💜Earlier, Verstka reported that since 2026 it has become almost impossible to find out much of the data about Russians' lives. The authorities closed access to court verdicts and crime statistics, the real estate register, income and spending declarations, and many other kinds of data.

What are they hiding from us, and why is the Kremlin building a “digital curtain”? Watch the episode on our YouTube channel:

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Digital Curtain: How the Kremlin erased data about Russia

In Russia in 2026, finding out the truth about your own country has become almost impossible. The authorities are closing access to databases: from officials’ declarations and real estate registers to court verdicts and crime statistics. Birth and death rates in Russia, incomes…