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It’s intentional to hurt Russian citizens economically. It’s up to them to decide to form a government that doesn’t invade others. Aside from war, this is the o
by Schiendelman 5y ago
It’s intentional to hurt Russian citizens economically. It’s up to them to decide to form a government that doesn’t invade others. Aside from war, this is the only thing the West can do to stop this insane aggression.
- sega_sai 5y agoYes, that is okay with me and understandable. It's just if the West says, lets cut off the Internet from Russia, I think that will just help the Russian government, so therefore it's not a good idea in my book.
- mikob 5y agoIf it would help them, they would've done it themselves. They've already taken out Twitter and Facebook without any hesitation.
- pacific_citizen 5y agoBut government can't take off Telegram, for example. Despite they tried multiple times. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia And thanks to Telegram, people in Russia could find non-propaganda sources, even when Russia blocks them. VPN helps too. A lot of people use it. While Putin has money from oil and gas, he could sponsor war and destroy protests. Let's take away them, stop or reduce buying oil and gas. Regime becomes weak and Russian people could resist it.
- zip1234 5y agoSince Telegram is unmoderated there is all kinds of propaganda on it though. You may not know what to believe is that is your only source.
- dunkelheit 5y agoThis won't work because a) many of the current measures mainly hurt the most westernized part of the population (i.e. those most critical of the current regime) and b) this plays perfectly into Putin's narrative that the West hates Russia and the Russian people.
- Schiendelman 5y agoIt still works. The people who know Russia is the aggressor know the truth, and eventually people less susceptible to propaganda do regain power.