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Like Facebook, Twitter and every other forum did? I wonder if there were any consequences if they didn't.

• lotusmars 4y ago
  No, they just removed all but pro-Putin or state media out of Yandex News. It's just only pro-war Kremlin propaganda now.
• chupasaurus 4y ago
  Basically they've taken a step further with censorship of all media not controlled by government which at the time (2014) couldn't been penalized whatsoever.
  • guerrilla 4y ago
    And what if they hadn't?
    • chupasaurus 4y ago
      "Couldn't be penalized whatsoever" wasn't enough? In broader view, government could start taking hostages like they did with Google last December, but that wouldn't help reaching the goal even a small bit back then since there was no leverage on technical side of things.
      • guerrilla 4y ago
        > "Couldn't be penalized whatsoever" wasn't enough? No, I think that's very naive.