Russia To Disconnect From the Internet as Part of a Planned Test (zdnet.com)

Russian authorities and major internet providers are planning to disconnect the country from the internet as part of a planned experiment, Russian news agency RosBiznesKonsalting (RBK) reports. From a report: The reason for the experiment is to gather insight and provide feedback and modifications to a proposed law introduced in the Russian Parliament in December 2018. A first draft of the law mandated that Russian internet providers should ensure the independence of the Russian internet space (Runet) in the case of foreign aggression to disconnect the country from the rest of the internet. In addition, Russian telecom firms would also have to install "technical means" to re-route all Russian internet traffic to exchange points approved or managed by Roskomnazor, Russia's telecom watchdog.

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All your internet are disconnected!

[registrations_suck]

All your internet are disconnected!

Re:All your internet are disconnected!

[NetFusion]

In Soviet Russia internet disconnects you

Thanks Russia!

[argStyopa]

(Russia disconnects from Internet for short test)
(Rest of world notices 50% drop in spam, bots, DDoS attacks)
(Russia goes to reconnect internet. Rest of world: "You know, maybe you should continue the test another 6 months or maybe indefinitely...?")

or...

[Comboman]

- Russia disconnects from Internet for short test.
- Rest of world gets hit with "mysterious" virus/worm that takes down critical financial/industrial/military infrastructure.
- Russia decides not to reconnect to protect their systems.
- Brave Russian programmers develop "cure" for virus/worm, offer to help rest of world for "small" price (just eastern Europe).