Russia: Blackout of the Social Network Triggers Twitter Panic · Global Voices
Gregory Asmolov

The word “vkontakte“, standing for the name of the Russian social network, found itself among top Twitter trends. It happened after millions of Russian users were not able to access [RUS] the social network because of a failure [RUS] of a local power station. Some bloggers started the online panic [RUS], explaining the blackout by the police actions, however, soon the functionality of the website had been restored.