‘Total chaos’: The Kremlin knows Russians are angry about new Internet restrictions. It’s struggling to respond.

As mobile Internet blackouts spread from Russia’s regions to Moscow and Telegram faces increasingly serious disruption, the Kremlin’s own polling paints an uncomfortable picture: 83 percent of teenagers have reacted negatively to the shutdowns, and earlier surveys showed roughly 70 percent of Russians opposed blocking popular messaging apps. Yet pro-government pollsters have avoided publishing equivalent data on adult Russians, not wanting to draw attention to the scale of discontent. Meanwhi...