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

Reuters

MOSCOW, Nov ‌6 (Reuters) - 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, ​Russia's state RIA news agency ​reported on ​Friday.

The ‌statement followed a gathering ​of ⁠the experts ‌on Friday where ​they ​discussed information security issues and the use of ‌Russia's own low orbit satellite ‌system, RIA ​reported.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing ‌by Andrew Osborn )