Business support measures are not being considered due to the shutdown of mobile communications.
This was stated by the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering to Kommersant's question.
On May 8 and 9, not only will mobile internet be down in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but sending text messages will also be impossible. Authorities attribute this to the fight against drones.
Previously, economist Nikolai Kulbaka I told "Beware, news" reports that due to mobile internet restrictions in St. Petersburg and Moscow from May 5 to 9, businesses may lose daily turnover.
On counting According to Invest Future, internet restrictions cost the country's budget 930 billion rubles in 2025. And mobile internet shutdowns in Moscow in March 2026 cost Moscow businesses 5-6 billion rubles.
Public safety is the authorities' usual justification for internet restrictions and shutdowns, even in regions not targeted by drones. For example, the restrictions on May 8-9 will touch regions such as Krasnoyarsk and Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, Omsk and Novosibirsk Oblasts, etc., which are remote from the front line.
Residents had previously complained about the problems. Trans-Baikal Territory, Magadan and Novosibirsk regions, Krasnoyarsk edges and even Kamchatka.