{"id":29276,"date":"2020-09-28T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T07:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29276"},"modified":"2025-08-27T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:05:58","slug":"internet-access-temporarily-restricted-in-belarus-and-azerbaijan-at-authorities-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/internet-access-temporarily-restricted-in-belarus-and-azerbaijan-at-authorities-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet access temporarily restricted in Belarus and Azerbaijan at authorities&#8217; request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">On September 27, residents of Belarus and Azerbaijan experienced problems accessing the internet.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/mincom.gov.az\/ru\/view\/news\/990\/ermenistanin-toretdiyi-genishmiqyasli-texribatin-qarshisini-almaq-uchun-olke-uzre-internetin-verilmesi-mehdudlashdirildi\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">warned<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> of internet connection restrictions \\&#8221;to prevent a large-scale provocation\\&#8221; and said it hoped citizens would understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In Belarus <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/operators_bel\/214\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">it was reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> that in Minsk the internet had been cut off across all operators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The provider A1 said that mobile internet capacity had been reduced \\\\&#8221;in accordance with a directive from authorised state authorities\\\\&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">By evening, internet service had stabilised.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"ru\\\">Update: as of 19:00, data transmission services have been restored in full.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A1 Belarus (@a1belarus) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a1belarus\/status\/1310250101621825537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As it turned out later, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ddos-attacks-or-national-internet-isolation-what-is-happening-to-belaruss-internet\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">began<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> internet access problems in Belarus amid the presidential election and the protests that followed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Daily losses from the internet shutdown <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/daily-losses-from-belarus-internet-shutdown-estimated-at-56m\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">were estimated<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> at $56 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As it turned out later, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-u-s-company-supplied-equipment-to-belarusian-authorities-to-block-the-internet\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">the equipment for blocking the internet for the Belarusian authorities was supplied by a US company. Subsequently it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sandvine-halts-supplies-of-internet-blocking-equipment-to-belarus\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">refused<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> to supply its technologies to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Experts told ForkLog how to bypass blocks and in which cases this would be impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"DyjpRYARyp\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/in-the-wake-of-belaruss-internet-shutdown-how-to-bypass-blocks-and-when-it-becomes-impossible\">In the wake of the Belarus internet shutdown: how to bypass blocks and when this is not possible<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u201cIn the wake of the Belarus internet shutdown: how to bypass blocks and when this is not possible\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/exclusive\/po-sledam-internet-shatdauna-v-belarusi-kak-obojti-blokirovki-i-kogda-eto-sdelat-nevozmozhno\/embed#?secret=uXb7rUPJ1B#?secret=DyjpRYARyp\\\" data-secret=\\\"DyjpRYARyp\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 27, residents of Belarus and Azerbaijan experienced problems accessing the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1955,239,1445],"class_list":["post-29276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-azerbaijan","tag-belarus","tag-internet"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29278,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29276\/revisions\/29278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}