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Russian Internet Outages Soar as Kremlin Boosts War Controls

By Updated on Save Russia is regularly switching off mobile internet connections in large swaths of the country for security reasons, in a sign of the Kremlin's growing ability to control popular access to technology. There were a record 654 mobile data shutdowns in regions across the country in June, nearly ten times the number reported in the previous month, according to Na Svyazi, a non-governmental organization that monitors the situation. The blackouts hit banking apps, delivery services and taxi networks and affected areas from Moscow to remote Siberian territories.