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'Slow cooking' YouTube: Kremlin enters uncharted waters

Determined to develop the 'RuNet' into a parallel online universe, Russian authorities have made YouTube their latest target. Over the past weeks,...

Dystopia about a zombie apocalypse in Moscow spooks the Kremlin

In Ivan Filippov's dystopian novel Mouse, no one — not even Putin himself — is safe. For The Moscow Times Andrei Muchnik explains why the...

Petersburg bookshop fights without compromises

As censorship is reinstalled in Russia and everything related to LGBTQ+ is anathema, bookshops struggle to survive in a decent manner. Books by...

What’s behind Putin’s appointment of Kudrin at Yandex?

Putin's appointment of the former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin, long ago known for his liberal views, as the...

'Classic Censorship': Kremlin's next move against press freedom

The crackdown on the last remnants of Russia's independent journalism continues. State censor Roskomnadzor ordered media outlets to remove all...

As press freedom in Russia is strangled, Politkovskaya's fears have been realized

Fifteen years ago journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed in the entrance to her appartment. The murder was never solved. Her editor-in-chief...

Endless registers are a backdoor to censorship

The Kremlin's growing obsession with lists and registers to control the population is a mix of Chinese social control and fear of flying. If you are...

Russia’s Sovereign Internet Law Will Kill Innovation

The Kremlin’s domestic policy bloc increasingly tries to run Russia as a corporation. It’s not surprising, therefore, that they have resorted to...

Bold steps on the Internet: Kremlin’s capability to cut off Russia

After six years of unabated attack on Internet freedoms in Russia, the Kremlin is making another bold step. The Duma in first lecture adopted a new...
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