Update: About an hour after the outage, Roskomnadzor announced that its on-duty teams had restored network operations. “A brief connectivity issue was identified. Network operations were promptly restored,” the agency said in a statement.
Internet users across Russia have reported widespread disruptions affecting telecom companies and online platforms.
According to the monitoring site Downdetector.su, the outages have impacted customers of Beeline, Megafon, MTS, Rostelecom, and Tele2.
Users have also reported issues accessing Telegram, TikTok, Google, YouTube, Steam, and Twitch.
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal censorship agency, said it was unaware of the cause of the disruptions. “All operators are experiencing outages, and the cause is being investigated,” the agency’s press office told Mash.