China Censors the Internet. So Why Doesn’t Russia?

For years, the Russian government has been putting in place the technological and legal infrastructure to clamp down on freedom of speech online, leading to frequent predictions that the country could be heading toward internet censorship akin to China’s great firewall. But despite an entire infrastructure of repression, the Kremlin has not displaced Western apps. Instead, it is turning to outright intimidation. Read more at the New York Times