A major mobile internet blackout in Moscow and the throttling of popular messaging app Telegram, both justified by ambiguous security considerations, helped fuel the rare public criticism over this erosion of digital freedoms and connectivity. It comes against the backdrop of soaring prices and an ailing wartime economy, with little sign of major battlefield progress in Ukraine. With state TV and media heavily censored, the internet is one of the last bastions of freedom and a source of independent information for millions, although many foreign sites have been banned since the war. Russian authorities have said mobile internet outages are necessary to stop attacks by Ukrainian drones, and that Telegram is turning into a breeding ground for terrorism.Russians might be getting fed up with the Kremlin making their lives harder and more isolated in the name of security. Is there something major coing up in Russia ?
