1) Is this different than the U.S. military's, and many others', secure networks? If not, I'm surprised Russia doesn't already have one.
2) If they plan to use different tech than the Internet, the capabilities of the network could quickly fall behind. If they use the same tech, any network this large would seem very vulnerable to attackers, who know the tech very well and have a large attack surface area. Perhaps it is some compromise which authenticates endpoints, users, and routes, though even that doesn't seem sufficient.
1) Is this different than the U.S. military's, and many others', secure networks? If not, I'm surprised Russia doesn't already have one.
2) If they plan to use different tech than the Internet, the capabilities of the network could quickly fall behind. If they use the same tech, any network this large would seem very vulnerable to attackers, who know the tech very well and have a large attack surface area. Perhaps it is some compromise which authenticates endpoints, users, and routes, though even that doesn't seem sufficient.