Russians Were Offered To Carry Paper City Maps With Them

Navigators don't work.

The State Duma advised Russians to carry a paper map of the city. Deputy Yaroslav Nilov was late for the NSN conference and explained it by a non-functioning navigator: "We are all used to the fact that there is always the Internet, a navigator, you can calculate the route and arrive on time. It turns out that there is not." The deputy noted that this is a "new reality": it is necessary to have a paper map and not rely only on the Internet, The Moscow Times reports.

After the start of large-scale Internet blockades on March 3, between March 6 and 10, sales of paper maps - atlases and guidebooks - in Moscow increased by 48% compared to the previous week, RBC was informed by the Chitai-Gorod chain of bookstores. Most often Muscovites during this period bought editions of "Moscow. Moscow region. Automobile map", as well as "Unified scheme of the subway and suburban rail traffic. Map of Moscow" and "Moscow. Moscow Region. Map".

Nilov is not the first to suggest alternative ways to navigate after Internet sites are blocked. State Duma deputy Oleg Leonov recommended navigating by signs with street names, as well as asking passers-by for help. In addition to atlases and guidebooks, it is possible to orient in the capital with the help of the sun and stars, MIPT said. "Orientation by the sun is the easiest and most reliable way to determine the sides of the world. It rises in the east and sets in the west. At noon, the luminary points south," the university's press service reminded.

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