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Kremlin tightens control over Russians' online lives – threatening domestic freedoms and the global internet

  • Written by Stanislav Budnitsky, Postdoctoral Fellow in Global and International Studies, Indiana University
imageRussia has pioneered the concept of digital sovereignty and used it to severely restrict Russians' access to the internet.NurPhoto via Getty Images

Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine in late February 2022, Russian internet users have experienced what has been dubbed the descent of a “digital iron curtain.”

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