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Jul 12, 2023 · Russia and other nations are working on “sovereign Internet” systems that threaten digital rights—and the stability of the global Internet. By Timmy Broderick. Gwengoat/Getty Images. Defense....
- Diplomatic Maneuvers
- Social Media’S Foothold
- Above The Fray?
- Not Like Tonga
Ukraine has lobbied in favor of Russia’s online isolation as one way to pressure President Vladimir Putin to cease his invasion. It even asked ICANN, a nonprofit organization that manages internet domains, to shut down .ru, a request that ICANN said went too far. “ICANN has been built to ensure that the Internet works, not for its coordination role...
For Russia, the isolation has been shockingly swift. Yandex, Russia’s biggest tech company and the operator of both the top Russian search engine and the top ride-hailing service, has said it is considering relocating 800 employees to Israel. Two directors have resigned, and the company has warned that it may not be able to pay its debts. “It’s a s...
Fights over government censorship aren’t new or unique to Russia. What’s different now is how geopolitics could affect the routing of internet traffic. In general, a country and its local internet providers connect to the global internet by buying bandwidth wholesale from a handful of large corporations, paying by volume. Rostelecom, a Russian inte...
Regardless, Russia has connection points to its south and east that would keep it somewhat connected, even if the service is sluggish, said Nicole Starosielski, an associate professor of media, culture and communication at New York University. “It’s not going to be Tonga,” she said, referring to the South Pacific country where an undersea volcanic ...
Mar 12, 2022 · To defeat Russia’s internet censorship, many are turning to specialized circumvention technology that’s been widely used in other countries with restricted online freedoms, including China...
Mar 9, 2022 · Amidst the war in Ukraine, Russia announced plans to reduce dependence on Western services and implement its own domestic internet. This turn of events could only mean one thing for Russian citizens: more restrictions, surveillance, and prosecution.
Mar 7, 2022 · Russia’s cleaving off is a defeat for the once-held Western belief that the internet is a tool for democracy that would lead authoritarian countries to open.
Jul 25, 2022 · While many of Russia’s sovereign internet measures have struggled to get off the ground, its ability to block websites has improved since it first tried to throttle Twitter in March 2021....
The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions continue to affect the cost of internet access. According to 2023 data from the ITU, a monthly fixed-line broadband subscription cost 0.58 percent of gross national income (GNI) per capita, while a mobile plan offering 2 gigabytes (GBs) of data cost 0.38 percent of GNI per capita.1 In October 2023, Incorporated Russia ...
