Kamchatka Faces 4-Day Internet Blackout as Rostelecom Repairs Undersea Fiber Cable
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Updated · The Moscow Times · Aug 10
Kamchatka Faces 4-Day Internet Blackout as Rostelecom Repairs Undersea Fiber Cable
1 articles · Updated · The Moscow Times · Aug 10
Summary
Wednesday midnight local time will start a near-total internet outage across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, with service disruptions expected to last up to four days.
Rostelecom is carrying out maintenance on the region’s undersea fiber-optic cable, and officials said mobile and home internet, messaging apps, social media and other online services will be unavailable.
Voice calls, SMS, television broadcasts and emergency services are set to keep working, while hospitals, gas stations, supermarkets and ATMs switch to backup satellite links.
Kamchatka’s government told the region’s 280,000 residents to withdraw cash and prepare offline alternatives ahead of the shutdown.
The cable work had originally been scheduled for September 2025 but was later postponed.