In the aggressor state of russia, particularly in its capital, sales of offline communication equipment and paper maps have increased sharply against the backdrop of constant disruptions in the work of the mobile Internet in Moscow, for which the authorities have not given a full explanation.
This is reported by Bloomberg.
The publication cites data from one of the largest russian online stores, Wildberries, according to which, in the first days of March, sales of walkie-talkies increased by 27% compared to the beginning of February, and sales of pagers used to communicate with customers and employees increased by 73%. Over the same period, sales of landline phones increased by about a quarter.
At the same time, the most impressive growth was observed in sales of paper maps. Sales of road maps more than doubled, by 170%, and sales of folding maps – by 70%.
The company attributes the surge in demand for traditional navigation tools to unreliable mobile internet. In particular, Moscow has been hit by widespread mobile internet outages as authorities appear to be testing additional controls over the country's web infrastructure.
Despite complaints from residents of the city about unstable connections or a complete loss of service from major mobile operators and Wi-Fi outages in the metro, authorities have not provided a full explanation for the outages.
Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has also asked visitors to print out tickets or save them to their phones before attending a performance in case internet service is disrupted.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told propaganda state media on Wednesday that restrictions on mobile communications in the capital would remain in place for as long as necessary "to ensure the safety of citizens" due to the threat of attacks.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in February, the State Duma of the aggressor country of russia adopted a bill that allows the FSB to oblige operators to block the Internet.
On February 11, the authorities of the aggressor country of russia found a simple way to block YouTube, a number of social networks, and other sites by removing their domain names.
Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that the problem with access to high-speed Internet in the aggressor country of russia is worsening - a significant part of fiber-optic networks has reached the end of their service life, and new fiber is practically not directed to civilian needs.
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