{"id":40338,"date":"2025-11-20T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=40338"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:09:33","slug":"digital-iron-curtain-in-russia-the-kremlin-approves-mass-internet-shutdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/results\/rf-en\/digital-iron-curtain-in-russia-the-kremlin-approves-mass-internet-shutdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cdigital iron curtain\u201d in russia: the kremlin approves mass internet shutdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kremlin no longer tries to hide behind excuses and openly admits: mobile internet shutdowns in russia are approved at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f putin\u2019s spokesperson dmitry peskov stated that the kremlin \u201cfully supports\u201d mobile internet restrictions, allegedly introduced to counter drones. He emphasized that these measures are considered \u201cjustified and necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f russian authorities have long been testing large-scale strategies to restrict public access to the internet, traditionally disguising them as \u201csecurity measures.\u201d However, shutdowns are imposed even in regions more than a thousand kilometers away from Ukraine\u2019s borders \u2014 as in ulyanovsk, where internet access was restricted \u201cuntil the end of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>peskov\u2019s statement is a clear signal that digital restrictions are not only approved but will continue to expand. This reflects a systemic model in which the state can cut citizens off from communication at any moment and without explanation. russia is building a \u201cdigital iron curtain,\u201d gradually moving the country toward total information isolation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kremlin no longer tries to hide behind excuses and openly admits: mobile internet shutdowns in russia are approved at the highest level. \u25ab\ufe0f putin\u2019s spokesperson dmitry peskov stated that the kremlin \u201cfully supports\u201d mobile internet restrictions, allegedly introduced to counter drones. He emphasized that these measures are considered \u201cjustified and necessary.\u201d \u25ab\ufe0f russian authorities&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":930,"footnotes":""},"categories":[930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rf-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}