Frustrated Russians lament poor cellular service and internet connectivity issues
Rant Alert! Russian internet services are a joke, amirite? Thanks to T2, MTS, Beeline, and even our beloved Telegram, we Moscow residents have been dealing with some serious connectivity issues as of late. According to RIA Novosti (yeah, you know, that news agency), it's all because of the flood of complaints they've been receiving about poor mobile service and glitchy internet.
But here's the real deal: it's not just a random network hiccup. Apparently, it's all part of some deliberate internet restrictions imposed by the Russian authorities from May 5 to May 9, 2025. This whole thing's a security measure, you ask? Oh, it's all about the Victory Day parade, one of Russia's most politically significant holidays. They're worried about drone attacks, especially with foreign leaders like China's Xi Jinping and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva planned to attend the celebrations.
So, it's not just our cellular networks suffering - popular online platforms like Telegram have been taking a hit too. These restrictions led to widespread outages across Moscow and over 30 other Russian regions, disrupting banking, shopping, delivery operations, and more.
digital rights groups are not impressed, calling these shutdowns arbitrary, opaque, and lacking any legal justification. They argue the restrictions violate human rights and cause significant problems for small businesses and daily operations that rely on mobile internet.
In a nutshell, it seems our connectivity issues are a side effect of the government's security precautions for the Victory Day parade amid concerns over potential drone attacks during a tense geopolitical climate with Ukraine. But hey, who needs steady internet when you're trying to survive in Russia, right? /rantover
- The widespread outages across Moscow and over 30 other Russian regions, disrupting various digital activities such as banking, shopping, and delivery operations, can be traced back to the digital rights groups' accusation of arbitrary and opaque internet restrictions occurring from May 5-9, 2025, as part of the Russian authorities' security measures for the Victory Day parade.
- The ongoing connectivity issues in Russia, including those affecting popular platforms like Telegram, can be linked to the plans for international political events, like the Victory Day parade, where the Russian authorities choose to impose internet restrictions as a precautionary measure against potential drone attacks, which, according to digital rights groups, can lead to violations of human rights, as well as substantial problems for small businesses and daily operations relying on mobile internet.
