Russia - New draconian legislation against backdrop of Ukrainian conflict

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More threats to Internet freedom and broadcast media pluralism Читать по-русски в PDF и ниже / Read in Russian Russia continues to adopt draconian legislation at a breakneck pace. A series of laws signed by President Putin on the night of 8 July after being rushed through the Duma have further eroded freedom of information by reinforcing government control of the Internet and directly threatening pay TV. “By approving these latest repressive laws without any real debate and without respecting its own (...)

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