> in Egypt in 2011 the government famously shut down the internet
The news is that they can now isolate their Internet domestically and run a Russia-only WWW. They presumably could have shut it off completely from Day 1.
The news is that they can now isolate their Internet domestically and run a Russia-only WWW. They presumably could have shut it off completely from Day 1.
The utility of the web isn't the protocols it technology employed; it's the content.
There are also media of a more liberal nature who can’t comfortably host in RuNet / being registered as Russian companies, so they exist outside. meduza.io being a prominent example
I can imagine online banking with foreign entities would become a problem as well.