Russia is planning to disconnect its internet systems from the global network - as a test of its cyber-defences.
This means that data from its own organisations and users would stay within Russia, rather than being distributed globally.
MOSCOW — Russian authorities plan to cut the country off from the global internet temporarily this spring to study how it can operate independently from the outside world.
The news was reported..
Russia wants to disconnect the entire country from the global internet.
According to Business Insider, it wants to simulate an all-out cyberwar.
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