: The proposals come as the hybrid war waged by the U.S. against Russia and a number of other countries, has turned into an open confrontation in recent years, according to Bastrykin, according to The Moscow Times. Part of this war, according to Bastrykin, includes sanctions imposed on Russia by a number of Western countries, as well as some decisions made by international courts. The measures — revealed by Bastrykin in his article published Monday in the Kommersant Vlast weekly — include imposing restrictions on the Internet as well as treating the non-recognition of a 2014 referendum in Crimea as extremism. He cited as an example rulings concerning the ex-shareholders of the defunct oil firm Yukos and the killing of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. This, according to Bastrykin, has resulted in the growth of extremism in Russia. However, the most devastating aspect of this war has been the information war waged by the U.S., the head of the Investigative Committee said.
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