EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 15 MIN
Z-Patriot are Cracking Up as Russia Faces HUGE Internet Blackouts in Capitals!?
from Silicon Curtain · host Jonathan Fink
Silicon Bites Ep333 | 2026-05-07 | Z-patriots are losing their minds, telling Russia that 1917 is coming again. But history does not repeat in such convenient ways – but it may well rhyme. Moscow and St Petersburg cut off again from mobile internet, forty regions blacked out, and the pro-war cheerleaders crack.It is the morning of 5 May 2026. A woman in Moscow wakes up, picks up her phone, and stares at the screen. No notifications. No SMS. No app pings. Nothing. She opens the camera and starts filming herself, in the kitchen, in real time, narrating the moment her capital city has been disconnected from the world.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SOURCES:Michael Naki / YouTube — "МОСКВУ И ПИТЕР ОТРУБИЛИ. Путин режет интернет — страна в ярости" (Moscow and Petersburg Cut Off — Putin Severs the Internet, the Country Is Furious)Meduza — "Moscow mobile internet restored after Russia's Digital Development Ministry says temporary restrictions lifted" (5 May 2026) Liga.net — "Even the 'white list' does not work. People in Moscow complain about internet outages before the parade" (5 May 2026)Mezha (Ukraine News) — "Moscow activated white lists for mobile internet, some base stations remain offline" (March 2026) Kyiv Post — "Moscow Cuts the Signal: First Russian Region Faces Indefinite Mobile Internet Shutdown" — Korbinian Leo Kramer (November 2025) Charter'97 / Kyiv Post (cross-referenced) — Coverage of Kalashnikov "civil war / toxic figure / dead end" framing across April-May 2026 Newsweek — "Russia 'can't win,' pushing to freeze Ukraine war: Kremlin propagandist" — Kalashnikov coverage (July 2024, with continuing relevance) iStories / Important Stories — "Vladimir Putin fears an assassination attempt and a coup, tensions among security services are rising, an EU intelligence agency says" (4 May 2026) iStories / Roman Anin — "Russia Has Two Paths Left" (4 May 2026)CNN — "Unsettled Kremlin tightens security around Putin amid assassinations and coup fears, intel report says" (4 May 2026) ----------
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Silicon Bites Ep333 | 2026-05-07 | Z-patriots are losing their minds, telling Russia that 1917 is coming again. But history does not repeat in such convenient ways – but it may well rhyme. Moscow and St Petersburg cut off again from mobile internet, forty regions blacked out, and the pro-war cheerleaders crack.It is the morning of 5 May 2026. A woman in Moscow wakes up, picks up her phone, and stares at the screen. No notifications. No SMS. No app pings. Nothing. She opens the camera and starts filming herself, in the kitchen, in real time, narrating the moment her capital city has been disconnected from the world.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SOURCES:Michael Naki / YouTube — "МОСКВУ И ПИТЕР ОТРУБИЛИ. Путин режет интернет — страна в ярости" (Moscow and Petersburg Cut Off — Putin Severs the Internet, the Country Is Furious)Meduza — "Moscow mobile internet restored after Russia's Digital Development Ministry says temporary restrictions lifted" (5 May 2026) Liga.net — "Even the 'white list' does not work. People in Moscow complain about internet outages before the parade" (5 May 2026)Mezha (Ukraine News) — "Moscow activated white lists for mobile internet, some base stations remain offline" (March 2026) Kyiv Post — "Moscow Cuts the Signal: First Russian Region Faces Indefinite Mobile Internet Shutdown" — Korbinian Leo Kramer (November 2025) Charter'97 / Kyiv Post (cross-referenced) — Coverage of Kalashnikov "civil war / toxic figure / dead end" framing across April-May 2026 Newsweek — "Russia 'can't win,' pushing to freeze Ukraine war: Kremlin propagandist" — Kalashnikov coverage (July 2024, with continuing relevance) iStories / Important Stories — "Vladimir Putin fears an assassination attempt and a coup, tensions among security services are rising, an EU intelligence agency says" (4 May 2026) iStories / Roman Anin — "Russia Has Two Paths Left" (4 May 2026)CNN — "Unsettled Kremlin tightens security around Putin amid assassinations and coup fears, intel report says" (4 May 2026) ----------
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