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a ukrainian official, andriy kovalenko, stated publicly that russia may move toward a state-controlled internet resembling north korea's closed model. this is a claim by an interested party in an information conflict, not a documented technical change; recorded as a claim.

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state-imposed internet outages disrupted daily life in moscow, pushing residents back to cash, physical maps and alternative communications, with complaints coming even from pro-war reporters, bloggers and regional governors. a government degrading its own population's connectivity — and drawing criticism from its own supporters — is an unusual self-inflicted infrastructure event. 86%
russia's internet is being reduced in fragments rather than switched off: mobile service was disrupted in the inner centre of moscow including the state duma, new blocks landed on telegram, and human rights groups link the blackouts to testing of a 'whitelist' system limiting users to approved sites. separately, uganda cut internet and restricted mobile service two days before an election in which the president sought a seventh term. the russian method is notable because it is deliberately piecemeal and hard to measure, unlike the visible nationwide shutdowns seen elsewhere. 86%
russia has operationally deployed a trailer-mounted electronic warfare system called volna-kupol-garant that uses satellite dishes to jam starlink communications used to guide ukrainian drone strikes, protecting approximately 20 square kilometers of territory. this is the first publicly disclosed operational anti-satellite jamming system specifically targeting the starlink asset class. starlink-guided drones have been a structurally important element of ukrainian offensive capability, and a purpose-built countermeasure reaching the field marks a qualitative shift in that domain. 86%
russia deployed a new electronic warfare system, volna kupol garant, designed to disrupt starlink by targeting the satellites themselves rather than ground terminals. at the same time a firm called endeavor optical networks is pitching laser satellite links for intercontinental data transfer explicitly as an alternative to undersea cables after severings in the red sea, baltic and taiwan strait. pressure is moving upward: the contested layer is shifting from seabed to orbit. 86%
russians are increasingly using vpns and multiple phones to reach blocked foreign apps and messaging services while the kremlin restricts hundreds of vpn services in an escalating cat-and-mouse cycle. the gap between what the state can block and what the population works around keeps widening. 85%
three governments exercised internet kill capability in a single cycle: iran cut its entire national internet four hours after a strike wave, russia ran blackout tests in central moscow while piloting a whitelist system where only approved sites remain reachable, and gabon suspended social platforms during protests. total shutdown used to be a crude last resort; it is becoming rehearsed, engineered infrastructure, built in advance and switched deliberately. 85%

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