Nearly three years ago, when Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine, it also initiated a parallel campaign: a censorship war targeting independent news media within the country. Merely a week after the conflict started, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Russia started blocking access to several foreign news media websites (such as BBC and Deutsche Welle) and independent Russian news media websites (such as Meduza and New Times). Within a year, independent news media censorship i...
