The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

  • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    12 months ago

    make russian lives as bad as possible

    Wasn’t that the Shock Doctrine strategy from back in 1996? Anyone remember what followed?

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      -12 months ago

      wrong year. making russian lives bad was before it successfully ended the terrible UDSSR regime.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        02 months ago

        That’s an incredibly curious reading of the Cold War. I’m going to run off and assume you thought the world economy was doing great in the 1980s except in the Soviet Bloc?