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The Russification of Ukrainian IP Registration
Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis, KentikFebruary 23, 2023
Last summer we teamed up with the New York Times to analyze the re-routing of internet service to Kherson, a region in southern Ukraine that was, at the time, under Russian occupation. In my accompanying blog post, I described how that development mirrored what took place following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Along with the Russian-held parts of eastern Ukraine, these regions have experienced a type of Russification, an assimilation where the Ukrainian residents of these regions have been forced to adopt all things Russian: language, currency, telephone numbers, and, of course, internet service.
Using a novel utility made available by RIPE NCC, we have identified dozens of changes to registrations, revealing another target of this Russification effort: the geolocation of Ukrainian IP addresses.
Read more on Kentik's blog:
https://www.kentik.com/blog/the-russification-of-ukrainian-ip-registration/
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