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Related: About this forumRussia Shuts Down The Internet - Joe Blogs
Russia is shutting down the internet not just censoring it, but turning it off. Hundreds of regions are now facing mobile and internet blackouts every month, cutting off payments, deliveries, and communication for millions of people.
The Kremlin says these shutdowns are for security reasons to stop drones and protect military sites but the real story is much deeper.
Each blackout costs billions, crippling e-commerce, banking, and remote work. Russias digital economy is collapsing under its own control.
In this video, I break down:
How the Russian internet shutdowns are being enforced
Which regions are affected and why
The economic damage this is causing every month
How cutting off information is also cutting off growth
Why this may be Russias biggest long-term mistake yet
For specific details please check out the CHAPTER list below.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 CONTROL
2:53 WHEN
3:46 WHERE
5:06 ECONOMY
9:06 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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Russia Shuts Down The Internet - Joe Blogs (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
15 hrs ago
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Lovie777
(20,916 posts)1. It's been shut down for quite sometime......
EYESORE 9001
(29,260 posts)2. Coming soon to the streets of Moscow
And since theyre devolving back to at least the 90s

vapor2
(3,336 posts)3. AWESOME!! Do tell me how you posted this
EYESORE 9001
(29,260 posts)4. Piece o'cake
Im a pirate tonight, but, apparently, this is no longer considered bandwidth piracy. Arrgh! It be goin on nigh a quarter-century ago when an irate admin replaced my image with gnarly pron, to my everlasting chagrin. The winds be a-blowin different now, and not one grievance be lodged agin yours truly.
You can copy the image URL (internet address) directly, like I did here, and paste it in your post. Sometimes, it takes more effort, like deleting everything hanging off the end of the URL after the .jpg, usually the first character after .jpg is ?. Just blow out that question mark and everything that follows and that may work.