To be fair, with all due respect, while I understand the concerns of Messrs. Berners-Lee and Cerf, I think they are also kind of missing the point. Unless newsp

To be fair, with all due respect, while I understand the concerns of Messrs. Berners-Lee and Cerf, I think they are also kind of missing the point. Unless newspapers are intentionally or not misleading us which is another possibility. If you read what Russia is actually asking for, you will see that it has nothing to do with technologies and standardisation, everyone is pretty happy with that. No, what some governments start questioning is ICANN and especially IANA powers. IANA is overseeing the whole IP allocations business and supervise root DNS management which give it a huge power over the network. However, while private, ICANN operates under a DOC contract and is headquartered in LA. I'm not overtly surprised it tickles some countries which are not too fond of the USA. IHMO keeping ICANN but making it operate under a UN contract (maybe through ITU) would be a step in the right direction.