The digital Iron Curtain: How Russia's internet could soon start to look a lot like China's

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Like much else about the country, Russia's internet has long straddled East and West.

Russian citizens, unlike their Chinese counterparts, have been able to access US tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, though they have been subject to censorship and restrictions — the defining feature of China's internet model. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has increasingly isolated the country in recent days, could also prove to be the death knell for its presence on the worldwide web.

But while there are many similarities between the two, there are also some key differences that raise doubts about Russia's ability to maintain its own standalone digital ecosystem.Can Russia's internet survive without western tech?While China has spent decades building up its far-reaching censorship capabilities and has almost always blocked most western tech platforms from operating in the country, Russia is trying to make that switch while fighting a war.

 

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