Others don't share you happy opinions.
And I'm sure Putin would never take any steps to shut off the Russia people from the World Wide Web considering the respect he showed for Russia's laws of succession which would have sidelined him years ago.
And your obsession with Russians' travel as some great indicator of the happiness and contentment of the population as a whole is ridiculous. Russia is a relatively poor nation and few of her citizens are making these trips you keep raving about.
Russia is not the old USSR, but it is far from some model of freedom and individual rights, and we still have little reliable information of what the Russian citizens really think of the current realities of life there.
I am not raving and obsessed with travel. It was you who brought the freedom of travel and I explained you the factual reality which differs from your impression. And that ‘few people travelling’ are by far the larger number as percent of total population comparing to travelling Americans. That is an irrefutable fact just as the fact that Russians don’t need any permission to go elsewhere.
I also explained you the meaning of that internet bill.
Its content is contrary to that you have told. Would Putin disconnect WWW or not is off-topic even if he wanted so which I doubt. Nothing at all in the bill indicates it is about to switch off the access to the Internet in Russia. The contrary is true. Maybe you need to read ilthe bill to start with.
The opposition media in Russia is a reality too.
Nobody says Russia is a model for freedom and individual rights and yes it is a relatively poor county. It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise.
It is still doesn’t look even near the way you imagine.
All things considered Freedom House is not exactly an objective source for anything. It is a proxy organization for the Department of State with its major function to demonize governments it doesn’t like.
They are one of the reasons why do you believe in all these things which are even factually untrue.