Some countries use low-orbit satellite Internet systems to interfere in other countries' affairs and incite protests, said Andrei Ekulchev, the Russian Foreign Ministry's acting director for international information security. "Certain countries openly use information and communication technologies for military and political purposes, seeking to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries and to interfere in their internal affairs. There have been cases where low-orbit satellite Internet systems have been used to incite and provoke protests and unrest,” he noted at the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.