Subj : Runet - the Russian part of the global internet - and it?s potential re
To   : August Abolins
From : John Dovey
Date : Fri Jul 23 2021 02:52:18

Glad to see you, August!

 AA> Hello Stas!
 AA> 
 AA> ** On Thursday 22.07.21 - 19:56, you wrote to me:
 AA> 
 AA>>> *" Russia "successfully" tested INTERNET BREAKAWAY -
 AA>>> Kremlin ?ready? for sanctions policy (Peskov)
 AA> 
 AA> [...]
 AA> 
 AA>>> " Although the exact nature of the tests themselves have
 AA>>> not been revealed, with a full report due by the end of
 AA>>> August.
 AA> 
 SM>> This all is bullshit. No one can really block all of
 SM>> Russia on the Internet, just as Russian services cannot
 SM>> even block the Telegram. At least for now.
 AA> 
 AA> True. It could just be all talk, no substance.  BUT.. there is  
 AA> the promised "report" at the of August - so they say.
 AA> 
 SM>> PS: It is believed that the entire Crimea is disconnected
 SM>> from the world wide Internet, but this is not at all the
 SM>> case. ;)
 AA> 
 AA> Interesting.  So, officially, Crimea has no internet?
 AA> 
 AA> This is an old article from last year, but it seems to imply  
 AA> that the cut-off/control of accessing certain domains was  
 AA> legalized and made official:
 AA> 
 AA> https://crimeahrg.org/en/crimeans-may-be-completely-deprived- 
 AA> of-a-free-access-to-the-global-internet/
 AA> 
 AA> The article says, "since there is quite a number of network  
 AA> entry points into the country and they are not controlled from  
 AA> one specific center."    But can't the RF (Russian Federation)  
 AA> make a sweeping proclomation and direct all ISP's within the  
 AA> country to impose filters and block anything and everything  
 AA> that the gov't wants?  It seems that China and Korea have been  
 AA> successful in doing that.
 AA> 
 AA> 
 AA> ---
 AA>   ../|ug

Try the UAE. When you?re there, no video streaming works and a wide variety of content just ?doesn?t exist?.  The peering points for the ISPs are compelled to go through a govt controlled filter. It?s at that point that they quietly impose their censorship

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