They have the ability to redirect traffic to government controlled devices that ...

kitteh on Dec 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet

They have the ability to redirect traffic to government controlled devices that isps have to support (they sometimes have nice DNS ptrs like DPI in them). The isps have to speak bgp to the govt boxes and they can announce large swaths of IP space to be redirected.