Two days before Vladimir Putin's
official inauguration into his fourth term as the president of Russia, protests
broke out across the country.
In multiple cities on May 5,
crowds of protesters chanted the slogan “he is not a tsar to us.”At the height
of the protests, several activists reported that their mobile phone signals
became weak or non-existent. Some said Russian telecom operators were
intentionally degrading the quality of service or even delisting their numbers
at the orders of the authorities.
Mediazona, an independent online
outlet which covers political trials and Russia’s prison systems, said their
own reporter felt the consequences:
In a statement to the press, a
Beeline representative denied de-listing phone numbers on police orders, and
claimed not to have de-listed Styazhkin's number. The company blamed the
disruptions on network overload, and added that Styazhkin could have been
blocked for violating the terms of service, not specifying a particular
violation.
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