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There are posts in the most popular Reddit thread for this article (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3gqreu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comme

There are posts in the most popular Reddit thread for this article (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3gqreu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3gqreu/) explaining that the blocking varies from provider to provider. Some are only blocking it on the DNS level, so users are able to use Google DNS to circumvent the block. Others aren't bothering with the block at all. Still others are incompetently trying to block only a single URL (which doesn't work with https). Saying "it works for me!" is rarely a very thorough diagnostic. However there's also a lot of criticism for Meduza, the source reporting this.

r721 11y ago
Meduza is usually criticized by pro-Putin people because they are quite oppositionally-inclined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza "Meduza is run by a team of around 20 journalists who resigned from their jobs at Lenta.ru following Galina Timchenko’s unexpected removal from her post by the website’s owner and Vladimir Putin ally, the oligarch Alexander Mamut"
kushti 11y ago
Well, finally I've found blocked url ( https://www.reddit.com/r/rudrugs/comments/1derq9/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8B/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rudrugs/comments/1derq9/%D0%BC%D0%B... ), it gives me "403 Forbidden. Request forbidden by administrative rules. " error, unlike rest of the site. Reddit works fine for RosTelecom also(the biggest uplink provider in the country). It's truly worrisome to see repeating of blatant western propaganda stamps involving Putin / Ukrainian conflict / Mh-17 / whatever here in the HN comments instead of factual checks / investigation. Especially considering the fact blatant and usually lying western propaganda(easily accessible in Russia today) is the main reason of pro-western views decay here.

r721 11y ago

Meduza is usually criticized by pro-Putin people because they are quite oppositionally-inclined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meduza "Meduza is run by a team of around 20 journalists who resigned from their jobs at Lenta.ru following Galina Timchenko’s unexpected removal from her post by the website’s owner and Vladimir Putin ally, the oligarch Alexander Mamut"

kushti 11y ago

Well, finally I've found blocked url ( https://www.reddit.com/r/rudrugs/comments/1derq9/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%8B/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rudrugs/comments/1derq9/%D0%BC%D0%B... ), it gives me "403 Forbidden. Request forbidden by administrative rules. " error, unlike rest of the site. Reddit works fine for RosTelecom also(the biggest uplink provider in the country). It's truly worrisome to see repeating of blatant western propaganda stamps involving Putin / Ukrainian conflict / Mh-17 / whatever here in the HN comments instead of factual checks / investigation. Especially considering the fact blatant and usually lying western propaganda(easily accessible in Russia today) is the main reason of pro-western views decay here.