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Russian Security Council says Starlink/Oneweb satellite services pose risk to sovereign countries, RIA reports

Straits Times6 November 2026, 12:08 UTCRussia

MOSCOW, Nov 6 - Experts on Russia's Security Council have said that Western satellite communications services such as Starlink and OneWeb could be used to destabilise the socio-political situation in sovereign countries and therefore pose a risk, Russia's state RIA news agency reported on Friday.

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