UN Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (GGEs) of the fi fth convocation completed its work in New York In 2017. It was expected that, as before in 2010, 2013 and 2015, the fi nal report be adopted during the last meeting of the GGEs. However, it was not possible to reach a consensus. Work of the Group was completed without the resulting document. The reason is the fundamental political diff erences between the parties led by the US and the Russian Federation regarding approaches to the future of international information security and the regulation principles. The history of the issue, actual problems and prospects of Russian diplomacy in the international informational security process are presented in the article.