>>3228459i should ask him about that, but i think he would have been too young in the 90s.
another guy (older) who works in internet providers, told me that one time in the early 90s, he was contracted by some guys to bring some cables right down to the coast of the black sea. the first day he went there there were some guys with AKs. then later, someone had erected a bunker there and made some cable connections to the cable he set up that lead inside the bunker
later he found out that they set up some underwater internet cable that went all the way to georgia, supposedly it was the first time internet came to georgia. don't know if there's any truth to that, but it's a fun story.