The first lawsuit over internet outages has been filed against a telecom operator. 

People Volgograd Maxim K. and a relative filed a lawsuit against the mobile operator Beeline. The case will be heard in the Krasnooktyabrsky District Court. 

Volgograd residents demand that the mobile operator "provide services in accordance with the contract" and also pay compensation. 50 thousand rubles each To everyone. The gist of the complaint is that for the last month there has been no mobile internet in the city at all.

"It all depends on what position they [the operator] take. If they point the finger at the Ministry of Defense or the FSB, then we'll bring them in too. It won't be an easy matter."- suggested plaintiff. 

The authorities attribute the internet shutdown to security concerns, but drone attacks continue after the shutdowns. Outages also occur in regions far from the border.

It is quite possible that soon home Wi-Fi will be cut off in Volgograd: residents already noticed interruptions in its work. 

Internet outages are affecting almost all Russian regions, forcing people to find solutions to these difficult situations. For example, in an Arkhangelsk village people buy goods for cash, and then bring a milk carton or bottle to the store so the salesperson can scan the purchase. And residents Voronezh now can not They have to memorize the text of a long message to quickly pay for parking.