Free internet is threatened as Kremlin asserts control

Greater restrictions on internet use will affect business and opposition activity, but a blanket ban is unlikely

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  • Runet
  • Bloggers' law
  • End to online anonymity
  • VKontakte
  • Yandex under fire
  • North Korean model unlikely

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