Estimate: one day of complete internet shutdown in Russia could cost the local economy more than 31 billion rubles – Money on vc.ru

for the ignorant: the very principle on which the Internet is built was developed in the USSR before it was done in the USA, but as often happens, the high party leadership refused to develop this project, and The US took credit for itself, like with the invention of electricity, the launch of the first nuclear power plant, etc.