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Big tech platforms have joined the global backlash against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, with Facebook (FB), Google (GOOGL), Twitter (TWTR), Spotify (SPOT), Netflix (NFLX) and others placing at least partial restrictions on Russian content — if not exiting (or getting themselves blocked) altogether.

In the past week, however, the severing of Russia from the global internet went one layer deeper. Two of the world's largest internet service providers, Lumen Technologies and Cogent Communications, said they would block Russian customers from their networks over fears that their networks could be used by the Russian government for cyberattacks against the West. But a knock-on effect is that it will be even harder for citizens in the country to use the worldwide web.

Source
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/tech/russia-internet-backbone-cogent-lumen/index.html

So Russia will be a pariah state at last

That will be the worse of all, why can't Russia realize that no country in the world can prosper effectively without USA,you just can't.
Is there really anything going on around the world that USA doesn't know about?
You can't wake overnight and dethrone your master.

Adding salt to the injury

But the Russians on Nairaland claimed that their country don’t even need WWW in the first place.
Putin should count his lost and back down before his people turn back on him.

Even North Korea has internet, even if censored. The world should also disconnect them from international calls. With Russia thrown into total darkness, they will need to revive their post offices.

Putin will be writing letters and waiting for 5 days to receive a reply. By then Ukraine would have finished all its generals.

Again and again

NaijaCowFarm:
Even North Korea has internet, even if censored. The world should also disconnect them from international calls. With Russia thrown into total darkness, they will need to revive their post offices.

Putin will be writing letters and waiting for 5 days to receive a reply. By then Ukraine would have finished all its generals.

So the question is, if Russia is disconnected from the Internet, will that deescalate things or will that escalate things?

The west is calling Putin a mad dictator. Does a mad dictator humbly back down to accept defeat with his tail between his legs or does he decide to go even crazier and take everyone down with him?

This is not the first time Russia is invading a place. They successfully invaded Crimea while the world watched and all these kind of sanctions where not in place then. The citizens of crimea are not on the streets protesting.. they are living their lives just like an average Russian.

My point is instead of these unnecessary deaths, has the West themselves tried to go into peaceful negotiations with Russia or all they are doing Is fueling something that could have been long de-escalated?

Comradewhy:
That will be the worse of all, why can't Russia realize that no country in the world can prosper effectively without USA,you just can't.
Is there really anything going on around the world that USA doesn't know about?
You can't wake overnight and dethrone your master.

Time will tell. The West imposed those sanctions and they are still the one wailing for the sanctions. That's a sign of desperation and weakness.

Sadr:
Time will tell. The West imposed those sanctions and they are still the one wailing for the sanctions. That's a sign of desperation and weakness.

Imposed sanctions and wailing about the sanctions?
What a confused soul.

You cant block the internet.. you can only restrict your applications that has wide coverage. China has banned most of these applications while developing home grown applications. All these applications were once US based until they made there mark internationally. Success is a process. I am not concerned about the war, I am only wishing Russia sustains the struggle to be economically independent. The sanctions may be a blessing in disguise.

Russia has successfully tested a country-wide alternative to the global internet, its government has announced.

Details of what the test involved were vague but, according to the Ministry of Communications, ordinary users did not notice any changes.

The results will now be presented to President Putin.

Experts remain concerned about the trend for some countries to dismantle the internet.

"Sadly, the Russian direction of travel is just another step in the increasing breaking-up of the internet," said Prof Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at the University of Surrey.

"Increasingly, authoritarian countries which want to control what citizens see are looking at what Iran and China have already done.

"It means people will not have access to dialogue about what is going on in their own country, they will be kept within their own bubble."

How would a domestic internet work?
The initiative involves restricting the points at which Russia's version of the net connects to its global counterpart, giving the government more control over what its citizens can access.

"That would effectively get ISPs [internet service providers] and telcos to configure the internet within their borders as a gigantic intranet, just like a large corporation does," explained Prof Woodward.

So how would the government establish what some have dubbed a "sovereign Runet"?

Countries receive foreign web services via undersea cables or "nodes" - connection points at which data is transmitted to and from other countries' communication networks. These would need to be blocked or at least regulated.

This would require the co-operation of domestic ISPs and would be much easier to achieve if there were just a handful of state-owned firms involved. The more networks and connections a country has, the more difficult it is to control access.

Then Russia would need to create an alternative system.

In Iran, the National Information Network allows access to web services while policing all content on the network and limiting external information. It is run by the state-owned Telecommunication Company of Iran.

One of the benefits of effectively turning all internet access into a government-controlled walled garden, is that virtual private networks (VPNs), often used to circumvent blocks, would not work.

Another example of this is the so-called Great Firewall of China. It blocks access to many foreign internet services, which in turn has helped several domestic tech giants establish themselves.

Russia already tech champions of its own, such as Yandex and Mail.Ru, but other local firms might also benefit.

The country plans to create its own Wikipedia and politicians have passed a bill that bans the sale of smartphones that do not have Russian software pre-installed.

Technical challenges
One expert warned that the policy could help the state repress free speech, but added that it was not a foregone conclusion that it would succeed.

"The Russian government has run into technical challenges in the past when trying to increase online control, such as its largely unsuccessful efforts to block Russians from accessing encrypted messaging app Telegram," Justin Sherman, a cyber-security policy fellow at the New America think tank, told the BBC.

"Without more information about this test though, it's hard to assess exactly how far Russia has progressed in the path towards an isolatable domestic internet.

"And on the business front, it remains to be seen just how much domestic and foreign pushback Russia will get."

Local news agencies, including Pravda, reported the deputy head of the Ministry of Communications had said that the tests of the scheme had gone as planned.

"The results of the exercises showed that, in general, both the authorities and telecoms operators are ready to effectively respond to emerging risks and threats, to ensure the stable functioning of both the internet and unified telecommunication network in the Russian Federation," said Alexey Sokolov.

The state-owned Tass news agency reported the tests had assessed the vulnerability of internet-of-things devices, and also involved an exercise to test Runet's ability to stand up to "external negative influences".

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50902496

American zombies still think Russia is a third world country like Nigeria. They saw it coming. Russia is too mighty to be tamed.

Comradewhy:
That will be the worse of all, why can't Russia realize that no country in the world can prosper effectively without USA,you just can't.
Is there really anything going on around the world that USA doesn't know about?
You can't wake overnight and dethrone your master.

Don't blame yo lot born in the 2000s/1990s, always read history well. The USA don't dare enter the Fight along with her NATO Partners. Before the almighty USA was SOVIET UNION or do you think Dem USA likes would have defeated Fuhrer in WWII if the RED ARMY wasn't involved. That is NO. Seems you don't know Russia Capacity. They have always been cursed with Little Economy but always been blessed with Fighting Equipment Innovation. Dem USA keep winning the Social-Media war and it cause of Dem Silicon Valley Giants. Half of Europe depends on it Gas and Oil.


Ukraine is just being used as a Testing Ground for it's Military Incase of a Great War. USA and Allies did it in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc. Even France is doing theirs in AFRICA. Sooner or Later The War will end and those that Died will be termed as COLLATERAL DAMAGES. May we never be used as collateral damage

Sheezybobby:
Don't blame yo lot born in the 2000s/1990s, always read history well. The USA don't dare enter the Fight along with her NATO Partners. Before the almighty USA was SOVIET UNION or do you think Dem USA likes would have defeated Fuhrer in WWII if the RED ARMY wasn't involved. That is NO. Seems you don't know Russia Capacity. They have always been cursed with Little Economy but always been blessed with Fighting Equipment Innovation. Dem USA keep winning the Social-Media war and it cause of Dem Silicon Valley Giants. Half of Europe depends on it Gas and Oil.


Ukraine is just being used as a Testing Ground for it's Military Incase of a Great War. USA and Allies did it in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc. Even France is doing theirs in AFRICA. Sooner or Later The War will end and those that Died will be termed as COLLATERAL DAMAGES. May we never be used as collateral damage

How does that even relate to my comment,you came here to tell me how old you are or you came here to embarrass yourself?
Haha,why will the USA even fight against Russia for no reason?
Look at what you wrote, ask yourself do you even understand what you wrote there?

Jeromejnr:
So the question is, if Russia is disconnected from the Internet, will that deescalate things or will that escalate things?

The west is calling Putin a mad dictator. Does a mad dictator humbly back down to accept defeat with his tail between his legs or does he decide to go even crazier and take everyone down with him?

This is not the first time Russia is invading a place. They successfully invaded Crimea while the world watched and all these kind of sanctions where not in place then. The citizens of crimea are not on the streets protesting.. they are living their lives just like an average Russian.

My point is instead of these unnecessary deaths, has the West themselves tried to go into peaceful negotiations with Russia or all they are doing Is fueling something that could have been long de-escalated?

Coward spotted!

NaijaCowFarm:
Even North Korea has internet, even if censored. The world should also disconnect them from international calls. With Russia thrown into total darkness, they will need to revive their post offices.

Putin will be writing letters and waiting for 5 days to receive a reply. By then Ukraine would have finished all its generals.

Stone age

NaijaCowFarm:
Even North Korea has internet, even if censored. The world should also disconnect them from international calls. With Russia thrown into total darkness, they will need to revive their post offices.

Putin will be writing letters and waiting for 5 days to receive a reply. By then Ukraine would have finished all its generals.

Hahahaha! It is finished!!

Idumuje:
Coward spotted!

Is that all you can say? No counter claim?

Stop living in your delusions of grandeur.

U guys thought that Russia is Africa....these people we survive without the internet. North Korea is a gud example.....I hate bullying

RUSSIA IS GONE

Quelme:
Russia has successfully tested a country-wide alternative to the global internet, its government has announced.

Details of what the test involved were vague but, according to the Ministry of Communications, ordinary users did not notice any changes.

The results will now be presented to President Putin.

Experts remain concerned about the trend for some countries to dismantle the internet.

"Sadly, the Russian direction of travel is just another step in the increasing breaking-up of the internet," said Prof Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at the University of Surrey.

"Increasingly, authoritarian countries which want to control what citizens see are looking at what Iran and China have already done.

"It means people will not have access to dialogue about what is going on in their own country, they will be kept within their own bubble."

How would a domestic internet work?
The initiative involves restricting the points at which Russia's version of the net connects to its global counterpart, giving the government more control over what its citizens can access.

"That would effectively get ISPs [internet service providers] and telcos to configure the internet within their borders as a gigantic intranet, just like a large corporation does," explained Prof Woodward.

So how would the government establish what some have dubbed a "sovereign Runet"?

Countries receive foreign web services via undersea cables or "nodes" - connection points at which data is transmitted to and from other countries' communication networks. These would need to be blocked or at least regulated.

This would require the co-operation of domestic ISPs and would be much easier to achieve if there were just a handful of state-owned firms involved. The more networks and connections a country has, the more difficult it is to control access.

Then Russia would need to create an alternative system.

In Iran, the National Information Network allows access to web services while policing all content on the network and limiting external information. It is run by the state-owned Telecommunication Company of Iran.

One of the benefits of effectively turning all internet access into a government-controlled walled garden, is that virtual private networks (VPNs), often used to circumvent blocks, would not work.

Another example of this is the so-called Great Firewall of China. It blocks access to many foreign internet services, which in turn has helped several domestic tech giants establish themselves.

Russia already tech champions of its own, such as Yandex and Mail.Ru, but other local firms might also benefit.

The country plans to create its own Wikipedia and politicians have passed a bill that bans the sale of smartphones that do not have Russian software pre-installed.

Technical challenges
One expert warned that the policy could help the state repress free speech, but added that it was not a foregone conclusion that it would succeed.

"The Russian government has run into technical challenges in the past when trying to increase online control, such as its largely unsuccessful efforts to block Russians from accessing encrypted messaging app Telegram," Justin Sherman, a cyber-security policy fellow at the New America think tank, told the BBC.

"Without more information about this test though, it's hard to assess exactly how far Russia has progressed in the path towards an isolatable domestic internet.

"And on the business front, it remains to be seen just how much domestic and foreign pushback Russia will get."

Local news agencies, including Pravda, reported the deputy head of the Ministry of Communications had said that the tests of the scheme had gone as planned.

"The results of the exercises showed that, in general, both the authorities and telecoms operators are ready to effectively respond to emerging risks and threats, to ensure the stable functioning of both the internet and unified telecommunication network in the Russian Federation," said Alexey Sokolov.

The state-owned Tass news agency reported the tests had assessed the vulnerability of internet-of-things devices, and also involved an exercise to test Runet's ability to stand up to "external negative influences".

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50902496

American zombies still think Russia is a third world country like Nigeria. They saw it coming. Russia is too mighty to be tamed.

The effectiveness of this is very less!

Hector09:
U guys thought that Russia is Africa....these people we survive without the internet. North Korea is a gud example.....I hate bullying

How is North Korea an example?

Hector09:
U guys thought that Russia is Africa....these people we survive without the internet. North Korea is a gud example.....I hate bullying

Putin apologist, North Korea makes use of the internet just that some networks are restricted from their space.

Russia is everything is shutting down..
So can you write what you wrote up there again without crying

Remove .ru from the DNS system.

Russian don enter one chance

So y'all just ain't done with Russia yet?

What will happen when all sanctions has been exhausted?
Lol.