Censorship in Russia – back to the USSR?
Hello! This week we look at plans to revive Soviet-era censorship, what the Kremlin thinks of the idea and what it would mean, if anything, for Russian media.
Russia gets serious about bring back Soviet-style censorship
Talk of reviving official censorship in Russia, while not new, has taken on a fresh urgency of late, with political heavyweights talking about the need to impose Soviet-style censorship on all forms of publications, with some going so far as to outline what future legislation could look like to make it happen.
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