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Re: Russia Was off the internet for the past few wks -- in case it wasnt obvious

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by: Byker - Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:29 UTC

"Bret Cahill" wrote in message
news:e75fc193-d35f-4f51-bc7c-d542735d8c4en@googlegroups.com...

> The disconnect is now appatrently an annual thing in Russia now.
> "Tests" were reportedly carried out between Jun 15 and Jul 15 which
> explains why there were so few spam messages to USENET and your inbox
> over that period, as well as almost zero hack attempts to your web
> servers.
> Apart from anonymous IP's that may be connected with some other country.
>
> --- snip ---
>
> Russia Tests Way to Disconnect from Worldwide Internet
> VOA, 28 Jul 2021
> Russia disconnected from the worldwide internet during tests in June and
> July,
> a Russian news service, RBC, reported on Thursday. The information for the
> report came from documents from a Russian internet security working group.
> Russia passed a law in late 2019 that aims to protect the Russian part of
> the internet from outside threats.

If Russian internet access is shut down, then where is "Oleg" posting from?

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