As Putin has waged war on Ukraine, a digital barricade went up between Russia and the world, with both Russian authorities and multinational internet companies builting the wall with breathtaking speed. It has ruptured an open internet that was once seen as helping to integrate Russia into the global community
Even as President Vladimir Putin tightened his grip on Russian society over the past 22 years, small pockets of independent information and political expression remained online.
Any remnants of that are now gone.
As Putin has waged war on Ukraine, a digital barricade went up between Russia and the world. Both Russian authorities and multinational internet companies built the wall with breathtaking speed. And the moves have ruptured an open internet that was once seen as helping to integrate Russia into the global community.
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