So.. question, has Russia cut off internet access to the rest of the world?
RosKomNadzor selectively blocks some sites, including this one. Block bypass is technically simple and there is no punishment for it, because there is no corpus delicti.
Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees everyone freedom of thought and speech, the right to freely seek, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate information in any legal way; freedom of the media is guaranteed; censorship is prohibited.
Geographically, I am now in Russia.
And, by Russia, do you mean in Russia territory from before 2014, or somewhere in Ukraine or Belarus which has open internet?
Serious question, Westerners are led to believe news is Russia is very tightly controlled to support leaderships narrative, I would think the common Russian citizen is risking a LOT if they bypass the blocks on the control!
Kind of saying, you might have government permission to post pro-Russian rhetoric?
As far as freedom of thought and speech, that does not reconcile with pictures we see of 80 year old women and others being arrested for holding blank pieces of paper.