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Internet shutdown in Degestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Russia 2024.12.06-07
Those 3 region apparently had access to the outside internet blocked. Most vpns didn't work. Only parts of national intranet were working. But people somehow reported it happening on banned platforms. Is there any more info on this?
Netblocks reports that Roskomnadzor was doing a 24-hour test of its ability to shut off access to the international Internet.
That is already established. But details would be more interesting then that
https://t.me/ru_tech_talk/621
In addition to the observations on ntc.party (1 and 2) about the experimental shutdown in Dagestan, we share our own observations:
- Github, GPT, Telegram, Whatsapp and other foreign services did not work, while Google worked
- foreign VPNs did not work
- RKS VPN worked intermittently (40 minutes of work, 20 minutes of rest), and protocols both vless and vmess
- gmail e-mail did not work
A post at the Tor Forum links to an article that cites a report that mentions this incident, and that it was acknowledged by Roskomnadzor.
Russian federal censor Roskomnadzor appears to be testing the Russian sovereign internet in Russian regions populated by ethnic minorities.
Dagestani telecom operator Ellko reported that Roskomnadzor conducted a test to revoke Republic of Dagestan residents' access to foreign websites and applications from December 6 to 7, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Caucasus service reported that users in Dagestan also experienced issues accessing WhatsApp and Telegram social media and messaging services.[22] Dagestani publication Chernovik reported that users in the Chechen and Ingushetian republics also experienced issues accessing foreign and some domestic websites and online services, including YouTube, Google, and some services of Russian internet giant Yandex — even with virtual private networks (VPNs).[23] Roskomnadzor confirmed on December 6 the test in the Republic of Dagestan and stated that the test is to ensure that "key replacement infrastructure" can function if Roskomnadzor deliberately disconnects Russia from the global internet.[24] Roskomnadzor likely intended in part to test its ability to successfully disconnect Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia — Russian federal subjects with Muslim-majority populations and recent histories of instability — from services like Telegram in order to control the information space in the event of instability in the future. Roskomnadzor previously attempted to disconnect users in the Dagestan, Sakha, and Bashkortostan republics from Telegram during antisemitic pogroms in November 2023 and protests in January 2024.[25] The Kremlin has recently invested roughly 59 billion rubles (about $648 million) into developing its technical capabilities to restrict internet traffic and has devoted efforts to compelling Russians to migrate from Western social media platforms to domestic platforms that the Kremlin can more easily control.[26]
