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Russia’s disinformation machinery breaks down in wake of Ukraine invasion
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Russia’s disinformation machinery breaks down in wake of Ukraine invasion

Enlarge For decades now, Vladimir Putin has slowly, carefully, and stealthily curated online and offline networks of influence. These efforts have borne lucrative fruit, helping Russia become far more influential than a country so corrupt and institutionally fragile had any right to be. The Kremlin and its proxies had economic holdings across Europe and Africa...

Why Russia’s “disconnection” from the Internet isn’t amounting to much
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Why Russia’s “disconnection” from the Internet isn’t amounting to much

Enlarge (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Rumors of Russian Internet services degrading have been greatly exaggerated, despite unprecedented announcements recently from two of the world’s biggest backbone providers that they were exiting the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Just as ISPs provide links connecting individuals or organizations to the Internet, backbone services are...