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How the FSB cut Russia off from the internet

Shutdowns have made one of the world's most online nations resort to cash, paper maps and pet cams
/ Anastasia Stognei und Max Seddon, Financial Times
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2026. (Bild: Vyacheslav Prokofyev / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2026. Bild: Vyacheslav Prokofyev / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Like many people in Moscow, Alina, a 34-year-old project manager, lost the habit of using cash after years of ubiquitous electronic payments.

She had to rediscover her analogue skills this year when Russia's intelligence agency took effective control of the country's internet, denying access to millions of people in the capital and beyond.

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