Ward wrote (2020-09-06):

 WD> It has been announced on the news here that following the political
 WD> unrest in Belarus, the leadership of that country has taken the internet
 WD> down. I do not know the status of other ways of communications

 WD> If someone entertains links into R45 and doesn't get through, this may be
 WD> the reason why.

I tried to connect to some of the nodes from Germany and it seems to work just
fine.

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