Well, this time, exceptionally, it looks like there is something to it.
It is said that mobile internet has been off for six months in rural areas and it is also off in the cities now.
However, the Sate Duma said this is not a blockade but a number of technical failures that occurred during "reconfiguring traffic routes" and that the functionality will be restored soon.
There are also more Telegram news:
On one hand Telegram tries to comply with Russian demands by deleting hundreds of thousands of channels, on the other hand they are launching peer to peer networks that work independently from servers. While this Wifi and Bluetooth P2P network might work in densely populated areas, it cannot work in rural areas so good.
The service is already ceasing to work even via VPN but periodically works normally due to technical circumstances.
Sources:
В Госдуме готов законопроект коммунистов о бессрочном моратории на блокировки
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В крупных городах происходят перебои в работе мобильного интернета и связи
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Заблокированные в России сервисы периодически работают из-за огромного количества запросов от прокси-серверов
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