Russian Internet Outages Soar as Kremlin Boosts War Controls

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.