The first Russian region announced the shutdown of mobile Internet until the end of the war

Share: We are talking about the Ulyanovsk region. It is reported that the ban on mobile Internet access will remain in effect until the end of the war in Ukraine. Moreover, the local government cannot influence the decision of the federal center. Russia began to permanently disable mobile Internet on its territory. The first was the city of Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk) and the Ulyanovsk region.

According to Oleg Yagfarov, the regional minister of digital development, the Ulyanovsk authorities cannot influence this decision, as it is adopted by the federal center to ensure "state security", and the restriction will be lifted only by Moscow's decision. Problems with access to the network in the Ulyanovsk region have been observed for more than a week, reports the Russian publication The Moscow Times.

In order to justify the restrictions, the government of the region referred to the decision adopted "last week by the federal center" to expand the "security zone" around strategic objects. The authorities emphasized that these are restrictions that are in effect permanently, and not temporary measures for the time of drone attacks. According to Jagfarov, in particular, residential blocks, social facilities and office buildings were affected.

Moreover, the government said, the federal center expanded security zones around strategic objects, and some residential blocks, office and social buildings fell into the restricted zone. The information on exactly where the mobile Internet was turned off is not being disclosed for security reasons, the officials added.

The Russian authorities have already promised to provide all willing residents of the "blind zones" with wired Internet, noting that the installation of the equipment will still be at the expense of the owners. At the same time, there are no plans to turn off the Internet in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as these regions have secured their own security, the lawmakers said. Residents of the Ulyanovsk region of the Russian Federation received the news about the Internet shutdown without inspiration.

It will be recalled that in September, the head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, Ella Pamfilova, called the Internet an "unfriendly" network for Russia. According to her, the connection with the "global web" makes the resources of government agencies vulnerable to cyber attacks. And on September 14, Financial Time journalists wrote that Ukrainian drone attacks forced Russians to live without the Internet for months.