{"id":1367121,"date":"2022-03-09T13:25:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367121"},"modified":"2022-03-09T13:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:25:59","slug":"digital-iron-curtain-major-internet-backbone-providers-shut-down-service-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digital-iron-curtain-major-internet-backbone-providers-shut-down-service-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Digital Iron Curtain:&#039; Major Internet Backbone Providers Shut Down Service in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdigital-iron-curtain-major-internet-backbone-providers-shut-down-service-in-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Two major American companies that provide internet services to Russia has announced plans to pull out of the country. Lumen and Cogent, part of the global internet backbone, are shutting down communications with Russia in what some are referring to as a \u201cdigital iron curtain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Verge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/9\/22968634\/lumen-internet-backbone-provider-shutting-down-russia-digital-iron-curtain\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Lumen, a U.S. company that provides essential internet services, has reportedly pulled out of Russia less than a week after its major competitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/to-fight-its-war-russia-closing-digital-doors\/\">Cogent announced<\/a> it also wouldn\u2019t be providing its services in the country. As more tech giants pull out of Russia, the \u201cdigital Iron Curtain\u201d between Russia and the West continues to grow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_5351832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2016\/10\/GettyImages-171973667.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">THOMAS COEX\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19972402\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/18epdb_vladimir-putin-who-has-ruled-russia-two-decades-is-polling-70-percent-is-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19972402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/18epdb_vladimir-putin-who-has-ruled-russia-two-decades-is-polling-70-percent-is-1.png\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vladimir Putin (Sputnik\/AFP Alexey NIKOLSKY)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lumen detailed its decision to shut down its business in Russia, stating it was \u201cdue to increased security Risk,\u201d in the country. Lumen stated:\u00a0\u201cWe have not yet experienced network disruptions, but given the increasingly uncertain environment and the heightened risk of state action, we took this move to ensure the security of our and our customers\u2019 networks, as well as the ongoing integrity of the global Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The firm emphasized that it has no consumer customers in Russia and that the number of businesses in the country availing of its services was \u201cextremely small.\u201d However, according to others Lumen actually has quite a large presence in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Network analyst firm Kentik stated that Lumen is\u00a0\u201cthe top international transit provider to Russia.\u201d Some of Lumen\u2019s customers include Russia\u2019s largest telecoms firm, Rostelecom; broadband provider TransTelecom; and three mobile operators MTS, Megafon, and VEON.<\/p>\n<p>The actual impact of Lumen leaving Russia remains to be seen but many believe the company\u2019s departure will make a great impact on Russia\u2019s access to the internet. Doug Madory, the director of Kentik,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/03\/08\/lumen-internet-russia-backbone-cut\/\">told\u00a0the <em>Washington Post<\/em>:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThis is going to add up. It would be noticeable, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of\u00a0tech giants have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/03\/01\/facebook-youtube-tiktok-blocks-russian-state-media-including-rt-and-sputnik\/\">taken action<\/a>\u00a0against Russian state media, with multiple platforms banning Russian media across the EU. Facebook (including Instagram), YouTube, and TikTok have completely banned Russian media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik throughout the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two major American companies that provide internet services to Russia has announced plans to pull out of the country. 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