Part of Russian Plan to cut off it's citizens from Internet

[ML]

New legislation bans Russian soldiers from using smartphones.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/new-legislation-bans-russian-soldiers-from-using-smartphones/2019/02/19/cc6e2ea2-345c-11e9-8375-e3dcf6b68558_story.html?utm_term=.e3337c458362

The move follows the publication of open source stories about the fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces, and about the Russian military campaign in Syria.

The reports relied on social media posts by servicemen and their relatives to document Russian losses and to offer details of the fighting that often contradicted Moscow’s official accounts.

[krimster2]

this will not affect the Krimster Early Warning System KEWS of old iphones given to wife's relatives on active duty in Russian Western Military District
and ummm other sources...