Russia has a plan to temporarily disconnect its Internet servers from international servers and traffic. This isn’t about cybersecurity. Instead, it’s a gambit intended to scare the West into thinking Russia is preparing for war.

As ZDNet reports, the disconnect test follows a law passed last December that required Russian telecommunications companies “… to install ‘technical means’ to re-route all Russian Internet traffic to exchange points approved or managed by Roskomnazor, Russia’s telecom watchdog. Roskomnazor will inspect the traffic to block prohibited content and make sure traffic between Russian users stays inside the country, and is not re-routed uselessly through servers abroad, where it could be intercepted.”