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Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also true if you consider the absolutely massive cost and effort it took China to get where they are with their Great Firewall. From what can be gleaned they also have a huge workforce of people monitoring communications as well in order to keep their internet safe for the state and "sanitized".