For some reason, no one here is wondering why in Russia they decided to suddenly turn off the Internet. A few days ago, Facebook and Twitter were blocked there, and now they want to turn off the Internet altogether. The reason for this is simple: Putin does not want Russian citizens to know information about the real reasons for the invasion of Ukraine
No, it's not a sudden decision and an idea that just popped into their heads now
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/28/russia-great-firewall-sovereign-internet-bill-keeping-information-in-or-outThey've started with this somewhere during 2018, made testa DNA pass legislation in 2019 as they were preparing for a fall-out even without this war, despite all the control Putin had over the media and on the voting process poeple were starting to ask themselves questions and one of the basic ones was:
- If we're a world power, the biggest country in the world, biggest gas and oil reserve, proclaimed self-sufficient in everything, why are we poorer than Bulgarians?
It was long in the planning and it's something nobody should be amazed of when it happens because it definitely will, the guy is simply going mad.
It is limited, it is controlled (lol). Yet they somehow manage to be involved in cryptocurrency. I think Russia will get same experience.
How many North Koreans you have seen around this forum?