Kremlin Cracks Down on Independent News, Blocks Facebook and Twitter

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    The Spin

    Pro-establishment narrative

    Russia is strangling media freedom and access to information in an attempt to hide war crimes of its illegal invasion of Ukraine and surpress internal dissent.

    Establishment-critical narrative

    The Western world is just as guilty of surpressing media freedom. Russian outlets like RT and Sputnik are officially banned in the EU as part of a larger package of sanctions. Major tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Telegram have also scrubbed them.


    Establishment split

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