U.S. Internet Service Provider Terminates Service for Customers in Russia

A leading American Internet service provider, Cogent Communications, said it was severing relations with Russian customers, a move that gives Ukrainian officials another victory in their campaign to isolate Russia online. Cogent chief executive Dave Schaeffer said the company did not want to keep ordinary Russians off the Internet but did want to prevent the Russian government from using Cogent’s networks to launch cyberattacks or deliver propaganda targeting Ukraine at a time of war.