Massive Internet Outage Hits Russia on August 18
A major outage occurred on the Russian Internet.
Consensus
- A large-scale internet outage occurred in Russia on the evening of August 18.
- Users across multiple regions reported issues with internet connectivity and mobile services.
- Major providers including Rostelecom, Megafon, Beeline, and Seven Sky were affected.
- Social media platforms such as VK, Telegram, and Discord, as well as banking apps and online marketplaces, experienced disruptions.
- The outage was reported by monitoring platforms like Downdetector and sboy.ry.
- The outage began in the early evening and started to recover around 9 PM.
- The cause was linked to a power failure at a major internet exchange node.
Points of divergence
- The outage was caused by power supply issues at a major internet exchange node, as reported by TASS citing 'Reg.ru'. — kommersant
- The outage was linked to a power failure at the MMTS-9 node in Moscow, which supports many core services of the RuNet. — fontanka
- The outage was caused by the failure of the largest domain name registrar in Russia, according to preliminary data. — vm
- The cause of the outage remains unknown. — vosti
- The cause of the large-scale outage in the RuNet is not specified. — riamo
Coverage (6 sources)
- Massive Russian Internet outage occurred in the evening of August 18 — РИАМО
- A major outage occurred in the Russian Internet — Вести
- In the Internet, a large-scale outage occurred — Коммерсантъ
- No Internet! Main facts about a major outage in the Russian Internet — Фонтанка
- Major failure occurred in the operation of the Russian Internet — Вечерняя Москва
- A major outage occurred in the Russian Internet — Москва 24
Key entities
- Moscow
- Runet
- Downdetector
- Russia
- Saint Petersburg
- Beeline
- Rostelecom
- MegaFon
- MTS
- Telegram
- Moscow Oblast
- Darya Myasina
- Samara Oblast
- Central Russia
- Seven Sky