The Ministry of Digital Development of Dagestan announced the shutdown of mobile internet services.

Due to preparations for holiday events, mobile internet service in Dagestan will be limited on May 7 and 9, the republic's Ministry of Digital Development announced.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in early 2025, mobile internet outages affected various regions of southern Russia, including Dagestan. On May 9, 2025, residents of Makhachkala encountered problems calling taxis and a hike in fares due to communication and mobile internet outages.

On May 6, the Dagestan Ministry of Digital Development issued a warning about possible restrictions on mobile internet service amid preparations for Victory Day celebrations.

According to the department's statement, "temporary interruptions in mobile internet service" are possible on May 7 and 9. The measures are related to preparations for festive events and "aimed at ensuring security," according to a statement on the department's official Telegram channel.

Authorities in other regions of the North Caucasus have not issued similar warnings. In particular, the head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo, who announced restrictions for Victory Day a year earlier, has not yet published any messages on his official channel about expected connection problems during the festive events.

Regular mobile internet shutdowns became a part of everyday life for Russians a year ago, starting May 5, 2025, according to the Telegram channel "Online," which monitors telecommunications outages.

According to the channel, exactly one year later, "authorities have introduced a new restriction and are now also disabling SMS messages. "So far, we have been able to confirm the problem in Moscow and the Moscow region, but there are also suspicions in other places: in a total of 21 regions, telecom operators and banks have sent out notices about possible SMS restrictions," the channel's May 6 publication stated.

The project published the TOP-5 regions where partial regional shutdowns—degradations in connection quality up to and including complete disconnections—were most frequently recorded from May 5, 2025, to May 5, 2026. Rostov Oblast took second place in this ranking, with at least 327 cases of restrictions recorded over the year, including "full shutdowns"—situations where an entire town is left without internet.