Russia's internet suffers mass outage on Aug 18
A large-scale internet outage occurred across Russia on the evening of August 18, affecting multiple providers, banks, social media platforms, and essential services. The disruption was linked to power supply issues at a major internet exchange node.
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.
- Several major providers including 'Rostelecom', 'Megafon', 'Beeline', 'Lovit', 'Seven Sky', 'Almatel', 'Ekotelkom', 'TransTelecom', and 'Ufanet' were affected.
- Social media platforms such as VK, Telegram, and Discord, as well as banking apps and marketplaces like T-Bank, DNS, and Steam, experienced disruptions.
- The outage was linked to power supply problems at a major internet exchange node.
- The domain registrar 'Reg.ru' confirmed that the outage was due to power failures at a key connectivity hub.
- Users in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Saint Petersburg, Samara Oblast, and other regions reported widespread issues.
- Recovery of services began around 9 PM.
- Multiple monitoring platforms including Downdetector and 'Sboy.rf' recorded a surge in complaints.
Points of divergence
- The outage was caused by power supply issues at a major connectivity node, according to TASS sources at '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, according to preliminary data. — vm
- A partial blackout occurred in several districts of Moscow, including Gagarinsky and Danilovsky, with evacuations from the Gagarinsky shopping center. — fontanka
- The outage was preceded by a similar incident in early August affecting 'Yandex', 'Ozon', and other services, which was later resolved. — m24
- A previous large-scale outage was recorded in Microsoft services. — vesti
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