And if there were any doubts that Russia is very interested in the world‘s Internet connectivity, this recent event may help to clarify things:

„Traffic sent to and from Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft was briefly routed through a previously unknown Russian Internet provider Wednesday under circumstances researchers said was suspicious and intentional.“

As another story in Ars Technica reported, this is not the first time important traffic has been mysteriously routed through Russia:

„large chunks of network traffic belonging to MasterCard, Visa, and more than two dozen other financial services companies were briefly routed through a Russian government-controlled telecom under unexplained circumstances that renew lingering questions about the trust and reliability of some of the most sensitive Internet communications.“