(Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images.)Russians have learned to live with a lot: a devastating war next door, sanctions, inflation, mobilization, repression, and the full disappearance of independent politics. But the recent wave of internet restrictions—mobile internet blackouts across major cities, disruptions to Telegram and WhatsApp, and pressure on VPNs—has touched a nerve that the Kremlin may have underestimated.Since 2025, Russi…