Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[robkelk]

...  We haven't been good about providing links ...

I usually do, just so I don't have to answer the question "where did you hear that?" under oath. Yeah, I'm getting paranoid in my old age.

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To quote from The Register's story five days ago about Cogent turning off its Internet backbone connections to Russia:

If more backbones follow in Cogent's steps, Russia will be increasingly cut off from the global internet.

Which would make President Putin's attempt to censor the web a lot easier.

Well... Lumen is shutting down its Internet backbone connection to Russia, citing "increased security risk".

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The Express is reporting that Russians are fleeing their country because of rumours that martial law will be declared. Trains from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki are packed - and tickets are going for £7,500, which tells one which sort of Russians are doing the fleeing.