"Kyiv is using increasingly sophisticated methods for attacks, so Russia needs increasingly technological protection measures. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this on March 12 in reference to Ukrainian retaliation against Russia's full-scale invasion of the neighboring country, now in its fifth year."
"Russia's leadership is simply very cowardly. So cowardly that it does not care about civil liberties, the economy, or people's convenience. It absolutely does not care about any of that. Mikhail Klimarev, an activist and director of the Internet Protection Society, expressed this criticism of government priorities."
"Mobile Internet has been shut down in Russia since June 2025. And only now has all this reached Moscow. Klimarev highlighted that outages have affected other regions for months before impacting the capital."
Moscow residents and businesses have faced significant mobile internet disruptions since March 7, affecting online payments, taxi apps, and navigation services. The Kremlin attributes the outages to security measures against Ukrainian cyberattacks, though critics argue the government uses security concerns to justify restricting freedoms. Even state-approved websites have become inaccessible. Sales of offline alternatives like pagers and paper maps have increased in the capital. Similar outages have affected other Russian regions for months, but Moscow's disruptions have drawn greater attention due to the city's economic importance and tech-savvy population.
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