
Furious Russians took to the streets of Moscow and beyond last weekend, protesting Vladimir Putin's chaotic internet blackouts that plunged the capital into digital darkness and throttled the popular Telegram app.
Monitoring group OVD-Info reported at least 25 arrests during the unrest, which erupted on 29 March 2026 amid weeks of mobile service disruptions, even as the Kremlin justified them as countermeasures against Ukrainian drone strikes.