6/22/26, 2:24 PM Myanmar’s Military Is Turning to Russia to Revive Its Stalled Cyber Dream – The Diplomat This shift could be an important turning point. It reveals the emergence of a deeper strategic alignment × between Moscow and Naypyidaw, centered on digital Ad sovereignty, surveillance technologies, cybersecurity cooperation, and geopolitical resistance to Western pressure. Yatanarpon Cyber City was originally announced in the mid-2000s by Myanmar’s former military government as part of a broader attempt to build a modern administrative and technological infrastructure around Naypyidaw and Mandalay. Located near the village of Pyinsa (also rendered as Pyin Sar), close to the town of Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region, the home of the military’s Defense Services Academy, the project was envisioned as a technology park that would host universities, software companies, data centers, and government research offices. Officials frequently described it as a future engine of economic modernization. https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/myanmars-military-is-turning-to-russia-to-revive-its-stalled-cyber-dream/ 3/13