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Finland to cut cable lines carrying 70% of Russia's foreign web traffic

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Something a little bit different as a topic from the usual things that seem to pop up here.

Long story short, back in 2022, Russian export of electricity was halted through these power lines/pylons, which are also used to service and carry the data cables used by (varying by year) around 60-70% of Russias foreign web traffic.

Because of the cut of electricity exports, these pylons are no longer financially viable and Fingrid (who operates them) has notified Russia that they will be taken down at the start of next year and dismantled.
 

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I'm a bit torn. On the one hand, what comes out of Russia via the internet seems to mostly be propaganda, scams and other nonsense. But you also cut off one of the last free sources of information for the russian public. But Russia is rapidly squeezing down on that as well.
 
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I'm a bit torn. On the one hand, what comes out of Russia via the internet seems to mostly be propaganda, scams and other nonsense. But you also cut off one of the last free sources of information for the russian public. But Russia is rapidly squeezing down on that as well.
Well where the data is going through currently isn't just viable to be continued. The Russian telecom operators are trying to work out new deals on how to replace this, but we'll see how it goes.
 
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Something a little bit different as a topic from the usual things that seem to pop up here.
I imagine that being in NATO, it makes sense to disconnect.
 
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I imagine that being in NATO, it makes sense to disconnect.
I don't think it would overall really matter. It's public data, it's just a hilarious own goal by Russia because they are the ones who cut off the electricity export and made the upkeep of the lines carrying that amount of their data unviable. And now they are scrambling to get something done to stop net speeds outside of Russia from plummeting.
 
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