{"id":891,"date":"2022-03-06T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T14:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/06\/internet-backbone-provider-shuts-off-service-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T14:59:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T14:59:26","slug":"internet-backbone-provider-shuts-off-service-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/06\/internet-backbone-provider-shuts-off-service-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/5\/22962822\/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/5\/22962822\/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"74.083361572348\">\n<p id=\"B28qXh\">Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental connections, has cut ties with Russian customers over its invasion of Ukraine, as first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/03\/04\/russia-ukraine-internet-cogent-cutoff\/\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>. The US-based company is one of the world\u2019s largest internet backbone providers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogentco.com\/en\/network\/network-map\">serves customers in 50 countries<\/a>, including a number of high-profile Russian companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"7rvmSp\"><q>The shutdown won\u2019t disconnect Russians completely<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"Syd4So\">In a letter to Russian customers obtained by <em>The Post<\/em>, Cogent cited \u201ceconomic sanctions\u201d and \u201cthe increasingly uncertain security situation\u201d as the motives behind its total shutdown in the country. Cogent similarly told <em>The Verge<\/em> that it \u201cterminated its contracts\u201d with Russian customers in compliance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/27\/22953563\/eu-ban-russia-aircraft-state-backed-media-ukraine-sanctions\">European Union\u2019s move to ban Russian state-backed media outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pcujtN\">As Doug Madory, an internet analyst at network tracking company Kentik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentik.com\/blog\/cogent-disconnects-from-russia\/\">points out<\/a>, some of the company\u2019s most prominent Russian customers include the state-backed telecom giant Rostelecom, Russian search engine Yandex, and two of Russia\u2019s largest mobile carriers: MegaFon and VEON.<\/p>\n<p id=\"kPz9Zo\">Unplugging Russia from Cogent\u2019s global network will likely result in slower connectivity, but won\u2019t completely disconnect Russians from the internet, Madory notes. Traffic from Cogent\u2019s former customers will instead fall back on other backbone providers in the country, potentially resulting in network congestion. There isn\u2019t any indication as to whether other internet backbone providers will also suspend services in Russia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"oRJFsa\" readability=\"5.9714285714286\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.9714285714286\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WTF Cogent? Cutting Russians off from internet access cuts them from off from sources of independent news and the ability to organize anti-war protests. Don&#8217;t do Putin&#8217;s dirty work for him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqbgOFYWX9\">https:\/\/t.co\/uqbgOFYWX9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eva (@evacide) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evacide\/status\/1499815782666014720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"xRPyQc\">Digital rights activists have criticized Cogent\u2019s decision to disconnect itself from Russia, arguing that it could prevent Russian civilians from accessing credible information about the invasion. \u201cCutting Russians off from internet access cuts them off from sources of independent news and the ability to organize anti-war protests,\u201d Eva Galperin, the director of cybersecurity at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evacide\/status\/1499815782666014720\">said on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RtvSoi\">However, Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer told <em>The Post<\/em> that Cogent\u2019s move isn\u2019t intended to \u201churt anyone,\u201d and the company doesn\u2019t want to keep Russian civilians from accessing the internet. Cogent\u2019s goal is to prevent the Russian government from using the company&#8217;s networks for cyberattacks and propaganda, <em>The Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2sltb1\">The Russian government has already made it more difficult for Russians to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2022\/mar\/04\/bbc-website-blocked-in-russia-as-shortwave-radio-brought-back-to-cover-ukraine-war\">gain access to news sources<\/a> and social platforms. On Friday, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/4\/22961472\/russia-fake-news-law-military-ukraine-invasion-casualties-jail-time\">passed a new law banning \u201cfake news,\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/4\/22960739\/russia-internet-block-facebook-meta-roskomnadzor-ukraine\">blocked access to Facebook completely<\/a>. The country has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/26\/22952006\/russia-block-twitter-ukraine-invasion-censorship-putin\">restricted access to Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/3\/22960007\/russia-wikipedia-wikimedia-foundation-censorship-demand\">threatened to block Wikipedia over \u201cfalse messages\u201d about the war<\/a> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/5\/22962822\/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/5\/22962822\/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental connections, has cut ties with Russian customers over its invasion of Ukraine, as first reported by The Washington Post. The US-based company is one of the world\u2019s largest internet backbone providers and serves customers in 50 countries, including a number of high-profile Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,24],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","category-web","tag-web"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/06\/internet-backbone-provider-shuts-off-service-in-russia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental connections, has cut ties with Russian customers over its invasion of Ukraine, as first reported by The Washington Post. 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