Saturday, May 28, 2005 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: More on Moscow power failure( was RE: Moscow: global power
outage)
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> On 2005-05-26, at 07:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > The Russian media have lots of details about the power
> > outage, but the general media hardly men
On 2005-05-26, at 07:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Russian media have lots of details about the power
outage, but the general media hardly mentions the fact
that there was a disruption of Internet service.
The MSK-IX web page still has no news about the incident
and no explanation as to wh
Finally, a bit more info found in this Russian
article http://www.comnews.ru/index.cfm?id=15645
According to the director of a well-known but
unnamed Russian telecoms company, there were no
diesel generators at MSK-IX. They had 3 external
power feeds which all failed at once due to the
cascading
The Russian media have lots of details about the power
outage, but the general media hardly mentions the fact
that there was a disruption of Internet service.
The MSK-IX web page still has no news about the incident
and no explanation as to why they shut down.
Here is one Russian article that co
> More from MosNews:
This is a publication run by right-wing ex-pat American
business men with an ax to grind.
> President Vladimir Putin has already blamed UES Chief Executive
> Anatoly Chubais for the power cut which left much of the capital
> without power, saying management had neglected t
More from MosNews:
UES Management Faces Criminal Investigation After Moscow Power Cut
Russian prosecutors on Wednesday opened a criminal case against the management
of power monopoly Unified Energy System (UES) after a major power outage in
Moscow, agencies reported Wednesday.
The case was o
> And if you check this BBC
> news story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4578599.stm
> you will see that generators are available because they
> used them to get the underground trains into the nearest
> station in order to evacuate in an orderly fashion
If you can read Russian, there is a lot
