By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia blocked a record 417,000 websites in 2024, according to the independent monitoring group ...

The background to this is a steady ratcheting up of Russian censorship. After the role of the internet in organising protests in 2011 and 2012, the Kremlin announced that a "sovereign internet ...

"This event is crucial in the possible evolution of online censorship in Russia because it shows what's technically possible – a very limited internet experience where most common things simply ...

The independent tech community is implementing new technologies to fight internet shutdowns in Russia, while the government prepares to create a fully ‘domestic’ internet.

[Courtesy VOA] Leaked documents provided to VOA's sister network RFE/RL confirm reports that Russia and China collaborate on censorship and internet control tactics. The materials detail documents ...

MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. The government does not practice media censorship in Russia, and regarding the curtailment of foreign ownership of media outlets, this is a universal practice ...

KAZAN, October 23. /TASS/. Russia is facing open censorship from US IT giants daily, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said Friday speaking at the Fifth BRICS Young ...

The government says the bill will reduce Russia's reliance on foreign internet servers Russia has ... law was part of an effort to set up a mass censorship system similar to that operated in ...

dominating the internet search market in Eastern Europe and competing against Google. At times, the technology company has chafed against the Kremlin’s censorship demands but the Russian state ...

Internet users in Russia reported widespread service disruptions ... the Kremlin's media watchdog at the helm of censorship in the country, could have caused Tuesday's outage.

The British singer and the makers of Rocketman issued a statement saying they rejected the censorship "in the strongest possible terms". Sir Elton has previously spoken out against Russian laws ...