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Laaas ◴[] No.34714370[source]
It is bewildering how many here are against this post staying up; no matter whether it's true or not, it's an interesting article! If you feel it is not true, why take it down rather than simply state your opinion in the comments? Do we not have the freedom to discuss and form our own opinions about it?
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officehero ◴[] No.34715589[source]
As a former resident in Russia I'm shocked at how all state controlled media from Russia has been completely censored in the west. I understand why it's done (bcs it breeds conspiracies etc) but it's not for free because now people don't get any 'alternative' view on the matter. Censorship is a tricky thing
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reducesuffering ◴[] No.34715720[source]
> all state controlled media from Russia has been completely censored in the west.

What ridiculous hyperbole. My RT.com is working just fine. Medvedev and Russian Government account is still on Twitter shouting garbage...

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1. nostromo123 ◴[] No.34716492[source]
rt.com does not work in Austria.
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2. reducesuffering ◴[] No.34717365[source]
That's unfortunate domains are being blocked in your country, but not relevant to GP's outlandish comment.

Let's break this down...

> all state controlled media from Russia has been completely censored in the west.

> all

No.

> completely censored

No.

> in the west

No.

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3. officehero ◴[] No.34717690[source]
You're right I stand corrected. I'm mainly following these things on YouTube and there the Russian state point of view is actively suppressed. Ironically I've become more pro-Ukraine the more I've learnt about the Russian state view, still can't get over how fast things went downhill.