Access to certain Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws. Meanwhile, all Western media Telegram channels remain freely accessible in Russia. Who would have thought that in 2025 Russian Telegram users would enjoy more freedom than Europeans?
I guess the Russian media are labeled “propaganda” while in Russia the European media aren’t labeled as such? I don’t know what else to make of this. In Europe there is no effort to write news in Russian, but in Russia there might be an effort to write news in French/German/English to influence people there?
Interestingly, Medusa has status of foreign agent and undesirable organization in Russia so its website is blocked, but telegram channel is freely available. Similarly, euronews and svoboda are banned from broadcasting and their websites are blocked.
Access to certain Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws. Meanwhile, all Western media Telegram channels remain freely accessible in Russia. Who would have thought that in 2025 Russian Telegram users would enjoy more freedom than Europeans?
I guess the Russian media are labeled “propaganda” while in Russia the European media aren’t labeled as such? I don’t know what else to make of this. In Europe there is no effort to write news in Russian, but in Russia there might be an effort to write news in French/German/English to influence people there?