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Russia is trying to follow China's example to shed dependence on West controlled services and grow domestic alternatives. Which is long overdue since they don't

Russia is trying to follow China's example to shed dependence on West controlled services and grow domestic alternatives. Which is long overdue since they don't have equitable access to these services.

mechanical_bear 2y ago
Cutting yourself off from civilization is not the hallmark of a society that is growing in a positive direction.
- type0 2y ago
  Russia considers itself to be its own kind of civilization, separate from Western, Chinese and others. It's all in a doctrine "Russian world"
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  - lostmsu 2y ago
    You mean Russian government. I don't think people, trees, houses, and rivers care much.
alamortsubite 2y ago
How does expelling foreign journalists fit into this plan?
thriftwy 2y ago
Russian domestic alternatives grew just fine without any blocking. Blocking stuff just angers people and teaches them to use VPN.
trallnag 2y ago
Russians can host videos on YouTube that get nuked on Russian alternatives
abdulobdul 2y ago
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bilinguliar 2y ago
I would speculate that growing local products is not the prevailing reason. An automated detection and detention of free thinkers is.
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