Ukraine requests Russia be kicked off internet; Apple halts sales to Russian market
Kyiv says ‘atrocious crimes’ of Russia’s invasion have been made possible by propaganda, cyberattacks; tech giant pauses product sales, limits Apple Pay and other services
By Agencies
2 March 2022
Ukraine has effectively asked that Russia be kicked off the internet, but the request was rejected by a regional authority. In a letter sent Monday to the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Ukraine’s deputy minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, cited the “atrocious crimes” of Russia’s invasion, including its alleged breach of the Geneva Conventions in attacking civilian targets.
Federov said the crimes “have been made possible mainly due to the Russian propaganda machinery” and cited cyberattacks “from the Russian side” that have impeded the ability of Ukrainians and their government to communicate. Federov asked that ICANN revoke, permanently or temporarily, the domains .ru and .su and shut down the root servers in Moscow and St. Petersburg that match domain names and numbers. “Russian citizens must feel the cost of war,” government spokesperson Oleksandr Ryzhenko said Tuesday.
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Kyiv says ‘atrocious crimes’ of Russia’s invasion have been made possible by propaganda, cyberattacks; tech giant pauses product sales, limits Apple Pay and other services
By Agencies
2 March 2022
Ukraine has effectively asked that Russia be kicked off the internet, but the request was rejected by a regional authority. In a letter sent Monday to the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Ukraine’s deputy minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, cited the “atrocious crimes” of Russia’s invasion, including its alleged breach of the Geneva Conventions in attacking civilian targets.
Federov said the crimes “have been made possible mainly due to the Russian propaganda machinery” and cited cyberattacks “from the Russian side” that have impeded the ability of Ukrainians and their government to communicate. Federov asked that ICANN revoke, permanently or temporarily, the domains .ru and .su and shut down the root servers in Moscow and St. Petersburg that match domain names and numbers. “Russian citizens must feel the cost of war,” government spokesperson Oleksandr Ryzhenko said Tuesday.
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