Thousands of websites are already banned in Russia.
April 25, 2014
Russia’s attack on internet freedom
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/04/russia-internet-freedom/
It’s been a bad week for the internet in Russia. On Monday, the founder and CEO of VKontakte — “Russian Facebook” — claimed to have been pushed out and that Putin loyalists are now in charge of the site. On Tuesday, the Duma adopted controversial amendments to an information law, targeting bloggers. On top of that, on the same day, opposition figure Aleksei Navalny was found guilty of slander over a Twitter post.
So, Moscow is at war with the internet & is singling out bloggers for the old KGB treatment. The ChiComs have been doing this for years. But does this mean ordinary Russians cannot access international news online?
BTW I grew up with shortwave radio & still listen to my trusty Zenith Trans-Oceanic. During the Cold War the communist bloc used to operate jamming stations & Cuba still does.
Can’t people in Russia listen to shortwave broadcasts? How about satellite?