As Trump tries to Putinize the United States, Putin is attempting to turn Russia into North Korea. Foreign adventures are a necessary distraction for a dictatorship, but when they go wrong, further crackdowns are needed to avoid talking about them openly.
BREAKING:
The Russian city of St. Petersburg, with a population of 5.6 million, has been almost completely cut off from mobile internet.
Residents report that websites, messengers, banks, delivery apps, and taxis are all unavailable.
Some say theyβve lost all internet access, with only government services still functioning.