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How Putin's regime is throttling the internet in Russia: Russian authorities have restricted internet access in parts of the country over the past year and ...
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Why the mood is darkening in Putin's Russia: Vladimir Putin is grappling with a cocktail of growing problems — but one above all else has prompted open fury in ...
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‘Nothing works’: Russians react as intelligence services shut down the internet : Interruptions have made one of the most online-savvy nations in the world ...
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Russia's Kremlin-made spoiler party is now its second most popular: New People, created by the Kremlin as a controlled outlet for dissent, has doubled its ...
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Why the mood is darkening in Putin's Russia: President Putin is grappling with a cocktail of growing problems — but one above all else has prompted open fury in ...
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Internet Restrictions Spur Russians to Openly Question Putin’s Moves: From beauty influencers to the token political opposition, Russians are openly questioning ...
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/world/europe/russia-internet-restrictions-putin.html

Russia's tightening grip on internet fuels public discontent: Officials say the restrictions are for public safety, but businesses and the public are feeling the ...
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High-profile Russian lifestyle influencers lash out in rare display of anger at Putin’s policies
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Kremlin says Russia’s internet restrictions will be lifted once the need for them disappears
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Report: only a rise in rival party support could push Putin to ease Russia’s internet restrictions
meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/15/report-only-a-rise-in-rival-party-support-could-push-putin-to-ease-russia-s-internet-restrictions
Russia slows Internet crackdown as voter anger hits Putin rating: A public backlash over tightening internet restrictions in Russia, particularly against the ...
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Russia: Internet restrictions and Telegram blocking spark protests: The Kremlin is constantly imposing new restrictions on internet access. Quiet resistance is ...
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Internet outages disrupt daily life in Russia, fueling fears of a digital crackdown
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Paranoid Putin Hides Away Amid Fears of an ‘Internal Threat’: There are reports of heightened security outside the Kremlin as the Russian tyrant imposes a comms ...
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Russia Signals Potential Telegram Ban as Major Outages Sweep the Country: Russian official warns Telegram may be blocked for noncompliance; outages hit Moscow ...
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Internet outages in Russia: Businesses lose millions, walkie-talkies make a comeback
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Russians feel strain of Putin's war with mobile internet shutdowns: Russians have put up with drone attacks, rising prices and a crackdown on free speech.
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The Kremlin says the internet is turned off to stop drone attacks. Russians are fed up
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Russia targets WhatsApp and pushes new 'super-app' as internet blackouts grow: Millions of Russians have faced restrictions on popular apps while a new app ...
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