The move would silence what’s left of Russia’s independent media and further splinter the already fragile internet.
—including those belonging to local news outlets, nongovernmental organizations, and civic groups—and potentially kicking much of the country offline. While it wouldn’t be a full-scale internet shutdown, “this is basically like kicking Russia off the internet,” according to Ephraim Kenyanito, a senior program officer at Article 19 whose work focuses on DNS and censorship.
to Russians. “Government ministries of health would be taken offline, including information on COVID. Basically it would prevent Russians from accessing information, and it would do disproportionate harm,” says Kenyanito.Shutting down .RU could mean silencing Novaya Gazeta and scores of other independent publications.
Disconnecting the Russian internet would make it more difficult for people in the country, some of whom vocally and at great riskAdvertisement
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