Moscow’s mobile internet blackout sends sales of walkie-talkies, pagers & paper maps spiralling


Steve Rosenberg

Today Russian newspapers report the consequences of Moscow’s week-long mobile internet blackout. “Sales of walkie-talkies are up 27%, sales of pagers up 73%…sales of road atlases up 170%.” Meanwhile, high oil prices mean that Russia’s “export revenues are growing.”

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