On the eve of Victory Day, mobile internet was shut down in moscow and st. Petersburg
Residents of russia’s largest cities are massively complaining about a lack of connectivity, the inaccessibility of even censored sites from the “white lists”, problems with online services, including banking ones, and even the inability to send SMS messages.
russian authorities traditionally explain these restrictions as “security purposes” and preparations for celebratory events, including the parade on Red Square attended by russian dictator vladimir putin.
Massive communication restrictions and the “celebratory” truce announced by putin once again demonstrated that, despite all the efforts of russian propaganda, the kremlin is actually unable to protect russia’s major cities for the conduct of “sacred” events for russians.
Moreover, the kremlin uses the “victory parade” as an excuse to further tighten the screws and strengthen the digital “Iron Curtain”.
