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Internet blackouts have been a regular occurrence in Russia since May 2025, as part of what authorities say are efforts to combat Ukrainian drones. For example, after Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported a drone threat on March 9, users across St. Petersburg lost connectivity for up to six hours.
“The very thought of being unable to use the Internet is unpleasant to me,” a Moscow resident named Elena told Meduza. She lost service in various parts of the capital on Friday and Sunday. “I was walking downtown, and there was no Internet there,” she complained.
“It’s super inconvenient when you want to do something you’re used to but can’t,” said Misha, another Muscovite who lost mobile Internet access on Friday. “It was the first time in my life I’d encountered something like this,” he continued. “I thought mobile Internet wasn’t being restricted as much in Moscow.”
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Meanwhile, telecom operators such as Beeline and T2 claim their networks are operating as normal, blaming the outages on “external restrictions.”
President Vladimir Putin signed a law in February granting the Federal Security Service (FSB) authority to order shutdowns of communications services nationwide. The legislation, which came into force on March 3, also shields telecom providers from legal liability for outages.
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I’m familiar with the story, but biologically speaking, frogs do detect changes in temperature and would definitely jump out of a pot if it got too hot. The same goes for lobsters, the just can’t jump.
TIL, So Russians are more like lobsters?
Closer to lobsters than frogs for sure. But if you think about it, we’re all lobsters.