{"id":1386701,"date":"2026-06-13T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1386701"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:56:36","slug":"russia-continues-to-build-a-digital-iron-curtain-ccd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-continues-to-build-a-digital-iron-curtain-ccd\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Continues to Build a Digital \u201cIron Curtain\u201d \u2014 CCD"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Russia\u2019s authorities continue to strengthen a digital \u201cIron Curtain\u201d by tightening state control over the country\u2019s online space.<\/p>\n   <p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English,<\/a> the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council reported this on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/CenterCounteringDisinformation\/18245\">Telegram<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe State Duma has banned Russians from using any foreign email services or online platforms for authorization. From now on, Russian citizens will be able to log in only through Russian phone numbers, the state services portal Gosuslugi, or biometric identification. Owners of websites that continue to allow authorization through non-Russian services will face fines of up to 700,000 rubles (approximately $10,000),\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The CCD noted that the new law is another step toward establishing total state control over Russia\u2019s internet space.<\/p>\n   <p>According to the agency, the blocking of foreign services, constant mobile internet shutdowns, and online censorship disguised as \u201cwhitelists\u201d are all aimed at isolating Russians from independent sources of information and placing the population under comprehensive state control and wartime propaganda.<\/p>\n   <p>As previously reported, large-scale internet outages in Moscow have led to a significant increase in sales of pagers, radio communication devices, and landline telephones.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/grossi-warns-situation-at-ukrainian-nuclear-facilities-remains-extremely-challenging\/\">Grossi Warns Situation at Ukrainian Nuclear Facilities Remains Extremely Challenging<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s authorities continue to strengthen a digital \u201cIron Curtain\u201d by tightening state &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1260754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,36422,53,50],"tags":[76,72930],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1386701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-russia-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-russian-disinformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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