Overview
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said officials watched Victoria Bonya’s Instagram address and noted its large reach on social media.
- Peskov said mobile internet curbs are for security and suggested access could improve after the war in Ukraine ends.
- In her video, Bonya urged Vladimir Putin to lift online blockades and said people across public life are afraid to tell him the truth.
- She also cited floods in Dagestan and alleged graft, saying people in need feel abandoned while corrupt officials profit.
- Authorities have blocked Western messaging apps, triggered multi‑day outages, and begun targeting VPNs, as protests are curtailed and a Kremlin‑linked poll now puts trust in Putin at 71 percent, the lowest since 2019.