The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots
2 sources·Updated October 13, 2026
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- Gizmodo AU·4h agoUkraine’s Zelenskyy Claims Strikes on Russian Data Centers Silenced Social Media Bots
Yandex's automated traffic fell by 94%, but that probably reflects widespread service outages rather than bot posting rates.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - The Verge·14h agoThe Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots
Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet - but in reality it's probably not the kind of bot activity most people associate with Russia. A chart citing Cloudflare data has been…
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