The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

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    2 年前

    make russian lives as bad as possible

    Wasn’t that the Shock Doctrine strategy from back in 1996? Anyone remember what followed?

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        That’s an incredibly curious reading of the Cold War. I’m going to run off and assume you thought the world economy was doing great in the 1980s except in the Soviet Bloc?