How the Russian government accidentally blocked its own websites

Reminder: Internet censorship can have unintended consequences.

Russian internet users began noticing something strange on Wednesday: a number of websites, including the Kremlin’s own Kremlin.ru, were down. Just hours earlier, Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body overseeing communications and technology, announced that it was purposely slowing down access to Twitter, claiming the company had allowed over 3,000 posts featuring suicide, child exploitation, and drug use to remain up in violation of Russian law.

But the outage that followed affected far more than just the social media site, including domains like Reddit.com and Microsoft.com. The Russian government appears to have bungled its latest attempt at internet censorship, accidentally blocking its own websites in the process. And this isn’t even the first time it’s made a similar mistake in the last few years.

“With the aim of protecting Russian citizens and forcing the internet service to follow the law on the territory of the Russian Federation, centralized responses have been taken against Twitter starting March 10, 2021 — specifically, the initial throttling of the service’s speeds, in accordance with the regulations,” Roskomnadzor said in a statement.

https://restofworld.org/2021/how-the-russian-government-accidentally-blocked-access-to-its-own-websites/

#russia #censorship

Russia considering wheat export quota of 9 million tons

Russia, one of the world’s biggest wheat exporters, has been taking steps to slow sales abroad to curb domestic food inflation. It’s also introduced a floating tax on grain exports, though the measures have had limited effects on total seasonal volumes.

However, the decision will be closely watched in the global wheat market, which is facing increasingly tight supplies after crops around the world were hit by droughts, frost and heavy rain.

Benchmark prices in Chicago reached a nine-year high last month.

Watch #wheat …

#FoodPrices #Russia

https://www.bworldonline.com/russia-considering-wheat-export-quota-of-9-million-tons/

Major news as “de-dollarization” continues to accelerate — these are now PUBLIC deals cutting the USA out. Turning the page on the entire Bretton Woods system …

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Kremlin reveals new independent Russian-Chinese financial systems

Russia and China will develop shared financial structures to enable them to deepen economic ties in a way that foreign states will be unable to influence, the Kremlin has announced following talks between the countries’ leaders.

The move appears to be a response to a series of warnings that Western nations could push to disconnect Russia from the Brussels-based SWIFT financial system as a form of sanctions.

The payment platform underpins the vast majority of international transactions. During the talks on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping called for increasing the share of national currencies in mutual settlements and expanding cooperation to provide Russian and Chinese investors with access to stock markets, said Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy advisor.

#Russia #China

https://www.rt.com/russia/543258-moscow-china-create-independent-structure/

Russia: potato production comes in more than a half million ton short of expectations due to unfavorable weather (a 200,000 ton drop from 2020).

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According to the operational information of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, as of November 17, 2021, the potato harvest in the organized sector of the Russian Federation amounted to 6,6 million tons (against 6,8 million tons in 2020).

The result turned out to be lower than planned (the department's experts expected that the country would receive at least 7,15 million tons of potatoes), the main reason for the shortage is unfavorable weather conditions. An emergency regime was introduced in 16 regions of Russia this year, which could not but affect the amount of harvest, the quality of potatoes, as well as the costs of production and the level of provision of certain territories with vegetables and potatoes.

#Russia

https://agroinsurance.com/en/News/Russia---2021-saw-potato

Russia and Ukraine account for 29% of global wheat trade.

If that wheat stops moving, global food supply gets REAL interesting, real fast.

#wheat #russia #ukraine

Cargill, global farm commodities [FOOD] trader, has confirmed one of its chartered ocean vessels was “hit by a projectile” on the Black Sea. The vessel remained seaworthy [ie didn’t sink], but as you can imagine, no one will be exporting food through this passage at this point.

Indeed, Maersk has halted all port calls in Ukraine.

Bunge Ltd has suspended operations in its Black Sea grains port in Nikolaev, Ukraine.

Video report on effects on world food supply forthcoming - stay tuned @iceagefarmer .

#wheat #Ukraine #Russia #Shipping

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-halts-vessel-movement-azov-sea-black-sea-open-2022-02-24/

BREAKING: Two more merchant vessels have been hit by missiles. In modern times, I refuse to believe this is an accident. This is an [yet another] attack on shipping.

#1 - Moldova-flagged chemical tanker Millennial Spirit, fired upon by a Russian Navy ship 12 nautical miles south of Ukraine’s Yuzhniy port. However Moldova's Navy then said "the source of the missile launch is unknown.”

#2 - 2020-built panamax Namura Queen, owned by Japan’s Nissen Kaiun, was presumably hit by a rocket at the anchorage of the Yuzhny port.

#3 - [ see previous post ] - Turkish-owned bulk carrier Yasa Jupiter was hit by a missile off the coast of Odessa. The ship is chartered now by Cargill, shipping foodstuffs.

More reports @iceagefarmer

#ukraine #Russia #Shipping

https://splash247.com/two-more-ships-hit-in-the-black-sea/

Merchant ships hit by missiles; Grain/fert exports STOP in Ukraine/Russia

Ukraine & Russia grains--30% of world global exports--are no longer moving as three merchant ships have been hit by missiles in the Black Sea, including one chartered by Cargill to move grains. Brazil is frantic after fertilizer imports from Russia are threatened. The global food trade is coming to a screeching halt and food prices are exploding even further as the conflict escalates. Christian breaks down the developments from just the last 48 hours in this Ice Age Farmer special report.

#Russia #Ukraine #China #wheat #FoodShortages #WarOnFarms #iafvideo

https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/02/25/merchant-ships-hit-by-missiles-grain-fert-exports-stop-in-ukraine-russia/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7SVjmv9R-k

Shippers Cut Off Russia - Wheat Price Explodes - Cyberattacks on Shipping

As Major shipping companies are cutting service to Russia and UK bans shipments from Russia, the disruption to global food supply is now a lasting one. What effect will cutting out the breadbasket of the world have, and--more importantly--who benefits from doing so? Christian breaks it down in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.

via @iceagefarmer

https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/03/01/shippers-cut-off-russia-wheat-price-explodes-cyberattacks-on-shipping/

Youtube: https://youtu.be/S86VxWYmwG4

#iafvideo #russia #ukraine #wheat #shipping #SupplyChain

Has Russia Already Won? Is it “Game Over” for the Rockefeller Empire?

#Russia #ukraineconflict #globalism #newworldorder #worldpolitics

https://healthimpactnews.com/2022/has-russia-already-won-is-it-game-over-for-the-rockefeller-empire/

Partner To Su-57, Russia’s Most Advanced S 70 Hunter UAVs Spotted Amidst Ukraine Offensive
https://youtu.be/oG9QFuFHRek