Decisions at the level of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are needed to counter the use of Starlink satellite internet systems to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states, Head of a Division at the Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Information SecurityBoris Vasilyev said during the panel discussion, “NGSO Communication Systems: From National Ambitions to Regional Cooperation.”
More than ten countries have so far faced interference in their internal affairs involving Starlink satellite internet systems. According to Boris Vasilyev, the scale of the threat is immense and requires coordinated action at the global level.
“Speaking of what should be done next on the global stage, the only answer we see is the ITU, the International Telecommunication Union,” he said. “We must adopt coordinated and collective decisions within the ITU aimed at containing this problem.”
Boris Vasilyev also noted that Starlink technology had been used to organize protests in several countries, including Iran and Venezuela.
“There are now more than ten such countries,” Boris Vasilyev said in closing. “Unfortunately, not all of them are willing to identify themselves publicly, but in confidential discussions, they tell us that they, too, have fallen victim to this state of affairs. Knowing how things stand in reality, I can say that the scale of the problem is immense.”
