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How Easy Is It for People in Russia Now to Get News From Outside the Country?
It's illegal for the russian media to describe it as a war or an invasion. Those two words have been made illegal. In order to find images that have shocked western readers, you get on line and go to a foreign media source. No Russian media source is allowed to publish tha stuff on pain of 15 years in prison. I mean, that's terrifying. And we know that in the last fortnight, they've also blocked access to facebook and other social medeor outlets. It means many russians would think twice about publicly posting on facebook.
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