🇷🇺 Restrições crescentes à internet — bloqueio do Telegram, apagões móveis e criminalização de VPNs — geram rara onda de descontentamento popular contra Putin. Aprovação do presidente cai até em pesquisas estatais, unindo críticos e aliados do Kremlin www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/w...
Russians Are Not Like Us, well, except for MAGA, of course.
They embrace authoritarians. Always have. Always will. And it keeps their economy about the size of the Texas economy.
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"La colère face aux restrictions sur Internet insuffle un peu de vie à la politique russe"
Soutiens aux Russes, et Autochtones qui subissent et résistent a l'etat de poutine
#Russia
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My last comment for the NYT. The Kremlin pushes toward a sovereign internet, but the move against TG exposed unexpected public and intra-elite resistance. showing that many in society and bureaucracy are not ready to move as fast as Putin and siloviki want
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Most Russians could not rouse themselves to complain about the mass murder of their Ukrainian neighbours. They are bothered about the Kremlin cutting their internet access though. It doesn't reflect well on them. But whatever it takes to prompt resistance, I suppose.
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“Putin's internet restrictions have turned a large number of people against the ruling class, if not against #Putin personally. That’s why we’re seeing approval ratings drop and people who never spoke out on political issues suddenly getting political.”
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“The discontent is bubbling up months before Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. And, along with dissatisfaction over the struggling economy and tax hikes, it has helped send Mr. Putin’s approval rating down.”👇🏼
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