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Technical issues at Ростелеком cause major internet outage in RUnet

Yesterday, a comprehensive outage affected numerous users and applications in the RUnet due to technical problems at Ростелеком.

Technical issues at Ростелеком cause major internet outage in RUnet
Photo: Internet party of Russia · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Yesterday, the Russian internet, known as RUnet, experienced a significant outage that affected many popular online services and banking applications. According to CNews, the technical difficulties were due to issues in the network infrastructure of Ростелеком.

According to iXBT.com, the problems lasted about 29 minutes, during which traffic was redirected to emergency equipment to quickly restore connectivity. Afterwards, the network of Ростелеком returned to normal operation.