{"id":119423,"date":"2026-08-06T16:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/massive-internet-outage-in-russia-even-the-fsbs-max-application-has-crashed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:07:13","slug":"massive-internet-outage-in-russia-even-the-fsbs-max-application-has-crashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/massive-internet-outage-in-russia-even-the-fsbs-max-application-has-crashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive internet outage in Russia. Even the FSB&#8217;s MAX application has crashed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Internet users in Russia have complained about a complete interruption of the service. Many of the popular platforms in the country are not available.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russians do not have access to Yandex, Ozon, Wildberries, Sberbank, Avito, the Russian Railways site, Gazprombank, Russian Post, Max and other platforms, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2026\/08\/06\/v-rossii-perestali-rabotat-yandeks-maks-sayty-marketpleysov-i-bankov\">Meduza<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the interruption is still unknown. The information was reported on Downdetector and the specialized Russian portal Sboi.rf. The reasons for the disconnection have not been announced.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Russia, most Western social networks are blocked. The population uses VPN to access messaging services, while the authorities are looking for solutions to apply even more restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet users in Russia have complained about a complete interruption of the service. Many of the popular platforms in the country are not available. Russians do not have access to Yandex, Ozon, Wildberries, Sberbank, Avito, the Russian Railways site, Gazprombank, Russian Post, Max and other platforms, according to Meduza. 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