About the news
On the evening of January 14, 2025, massive Internet access failures occurred in Russia, which caused significant inconvenience to users. The problems lasted about 15-20 minutes, and from about 17:30 to 18:00 Moscow time, the websites were restored, which allowed many to return to their usual online communication and work.
The failure affected almost all telecom operators and providers, including Rostelecom, <url>, MTS, Megafon and Beeline, and also affected the operation of government websites and major online services. Users also reported a complete loss of mobile communication for a time.
The problems concerned access to government resources and Google services. For some users, only messengers such as Telegram and WhatsApp, as well as the VK social network, were opened.
Expert commentary
Expert Anton Averyanov, CEO of ST IT, noted that such a large-scale failure could be caused by several factors, including possible problems in large data centers in Russia. “In places where servers and data of large companies are located, serious failures could occur, which, in turn, led to outages of other systems,” he explained.
