Roskomnadzor commented on the disruptions in the operation of foreign web services.

Today, many RuNet users encountered problems accessing web services like GitHub, Google, and Apple. Complaints about resource outages and the inability to access websites came from several regions of the Russian Federation, including Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Downdetector, an online platform for monitoring internet service outages, reported that Google had received over a thousand complaints, GitHub nearly 600, and Apple about fifty. Users from 18 cities reported problems accessing Google, while 33 cities reported problems accessing GitHub and Apple. Some complained of problems accessing a Samsung website. Access to these websites was only possible with a VPN. Services with the .com domain later resumed operation in the Russian internet segment.

There was speculation on social media that access to foreign internet resources was restricted by the federal service Roskomnadzor. However, the agency quickly denied this information.

The press service of the communications watchdog issued a special statement on the matter. It stated that Roskomnadzor is not restricting access to GitHub, Google, or Apple services.

In this case, Roskomnadzor is worth believing. This means the blocking is coming from outside and is aimed at isolating the Russian internet and the Russian digital ecosystem in general. This could have been assumed yesterday, when several European countries simultaneously summoned Russian ambassadors and brought similar accusations of cyberattacks by Russia. Simultaneously, the EU imposed sanctions against the Max messenger and the social network VKontakte.

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[Irek]

The West is shitting to excite the faint of heart on their farted sofas.

[acetophenone]

Quote: Irek

In this case, Roskomnadzor is worthy of credence. This means the blocking is coming from outside and is aimed at isolating the Russian internet and the Russian digital ecosystem in general.

What kind of crap is popping up on this site... Are you, internet boors, multiplying? Or are you duplicating accounts? You're all just carbon copies!

[ximkim]

There was speculation on social media that access to foreign internet resources was restricted by the federal service Roskomnadzor. However, the agency quickly denied this information.

The press service of the communications watchdog issued a special statement on the matter. It stated that Roskomnadzor is not restricting access to GitHub, Google, or Apple services.

RKN acknowledges its work when there is an effect.
They're getting ready for the autumn elections: silencing some, jailing others, and working on blocking VPNs.
There is money from the budget for all this, since the RKN is a bottomless pit, since those days are gone - the Accounts Chamber is a state audit body.

[Alexander_K]

Perhaps the Roskomnadzor employees made a slight mistake and blocked the channel incorrectly. Who would admit it? I wouldn't admit it. Well, maybe a mistake, it happens; the blocker overdid it. I think our descendants will condemn the actions of Roskomnadzor and their management as having caused enormous damage to reputation, business, and information exchange. Especially if they manage to erect an iron curtain. Many already understand and write that this is pure sabotage and sabotage. But then this will be officially acknowledged. For now, Roskomnadzor is going all out: blacklists, whitelists, simply jamming the internet. They can't do their own thing properly, so they have to break someone else's. It's like a disease in the body. The entire RuNet is in turmoil, and the diagnosis is Roskomnadzor.

[Esaul]

In this case, RKN should be trusted.

There's absolutely no point in believing this; it was simply a "intimidation" move by Roskomnadzor (RKN) against Western IT giants, warning them of what might happen if they don't return VK's spyware to their app stores. If they don't, I'm afraid Roskomnadzor will permanently block these services, too, since they don't know how to operate any other way.

[Wratch]

No, but Roskomnadzor is understandable; before, they were the only ones banning, blocking, and setting rules. But now it turns out there are big boys in the sandbox who can take away a shovel, knock over a bucket, and even punch someone in the face.
When they started their campaign to ban everything and everyone in Russia under pretexts so ridiculous they'd kill a fly, didn't they think it would come back? They should have.
They even made a messaging app into a national one, yeah. It was done poorly, and it's infested with scammers they were fighting, but it's national, and that's very patriotic. No one in the West has ever done this, but those back doors left by the developers are a huge vulnerability not only for this platform, but also for Gosuslugi. If anyone needs it, they can take down everything with a single hacker attack. They've put all their eggs in one basket for easy cracking, eagles.
And the campaign to attract customers to the messenger was so well-executed, it was simply a fairy tale! Everyone was swept into this miracle, using sticks, threats, and exploiting employees' dependencies. Typical democratic methods, apparently learned from Trump.
Besides causing inconvenience to its citizens, Roskomnadzor is not famous for anything, although no, it has excellent quality, asinine stubbornness, its use for peaceful purposes...

[papas-57]

"It states that Roskomnadzor does not restrict access to GitHub, Google, or Apple services. In this case, Roskomnadzor should be trusted. This means the blocking is coming from outside and is aimed at isolating the Russian internet and the Russian digital ecosystem in general." In this case, I don't trust Roskomnadzor.