Panic in Russia as Putin Turns Off the Internet - 'Creating a Lot of Problems'
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In Russia, state control over the internet is growing. Now the major shutdowns have reached the big cities. In Moscow, they are causing multi-million dollar losses when nothing works – and generating measures taken from the 90s.
Phone booths, walkie-talkies and MP3 players. The digital past is reminiscent of Moscow – where the government has shut down the internet. “Rumors easily arise that something is not right in the Kremlin,” says Russia expert Malcolm Dixelius.
The anti-Putin feeling is growing in Russia, after the Kremlin authorities imposed restrictions on the Internet and mobilized blind vehicles in the centre of Moscow.
The Russian Internet is experiencing widespread outages, which experts say are related to the introduction of strict censorship and so-called "white lists" of allowed sites. Residents of Moscow and other cities are reporting malfunctioning mobile networks and GPS outages. While ordinary citizens are being pushed into isolation, the Russian elite continues to bypass the blockade. The situation is described directly from the Russian capital by jou…
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