Not quite what the OP is claiming but it looks like the "pipes" are being cut from the other end:
https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1502298540701323264But that's only a couple of sanctioned telecoms and they'll still have links through Asia.
I wonder how much the Russian people are ready to suffer before they turn against this sad little dictator.
Yeah that's a bit of a problem, isn't it. This won't be easy until Putin runs out of money to pay ОMON and you know these will be the last people he'll keep paying. Russians missed their chance of deposing Putin ~10 years ago, he's tightened the screws a lost since then - constitution has been amended, duma votes 100% with him, etc.