Russia is planning an experiment to shut down its internet

Russia is planning to disconnect its internet from the rest of the world as part of an upcoming test.
Russia’s plan
Providing coverage on the initiative via a report from Russian news outlet RosBiznesKonsalting (RBK), ZDNet explained the test pertains to a law the Russian Parliament saw at the end of 2018.
ZDNet explained, “[a] first draft of the law mandated that Russian internet providers should ensure the independence of the Russian internet space (Runet) in the case of