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Russia will extend routine mobile internet shutdowns to at least three additional regions within 90 days

TechnologyHighActiveLong-term (31-90d)
95%
Description:

Russian authorities are normalizing mobile internet shutdowns during drone alerts, with officials and propagandists framing outages as standard counter-drone measures. As UAV attacks intensify across southern and central Russia, regional governors face strong incentives to replicate this politically safe security response, even at the cost of civilian connectivity.

Synthesis:

States are tightening internal controls under external security pressure: Russia normalizes internet shutdowns as drone defense, China sustains its military purge campaign, Afghanistan-Pakistan border violence escalates, and Japan prepares fuel-market intervention as Hormuz risks mount.

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Analysis:
Situation Analysis2772 signals / 46dEscalation

This forecast is linked to a chain of related news. The system tracks multiple competing explanations for what is really behind these events. As new evidence arrives, the weights shift toward the most plausible scenario.

News chain: Russia-Ukraine War and Russia-West Confrontation
What is really behind these events?
Clarity:
34%Ambiguous

Multiple scenarios are equally plausible — high meta-uncertainty. The situation has not yet resolved.

Probability History:
03/18/2026, 06:19 PM03/18/2026, 10:38 PM03/19/2026, 12:09 AM03/20/2026, 10:10 AM03/20/2026, 09:06 PM03/22/2026, 03:05 AM03/22/2026, 09:06 PM0%25%50%75%100%