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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.

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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.

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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.

Westerners believe in a lot of crap. Obviously, you too

Try to read this one westerner, former colonel of the General Staff, ex-member of the Swiss strategic intelligence, specialist on Eastern countries

https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/

Unfortunately, its not 2-line article that many people in West prefer, but if you don't read it, you're looking at events through
filter much more restrictive than the one you think be.open is behind

Well, yes, there are probably groups of people in every country identifying as Nazi's. I know there are in US (at least the press tells me so) Here is one for Russia: https://theconversation.com/putins-fascists-the-russian-states-long-history-of-cultivating-homegrown-neo-nazis-178535. Is it 100% factual, doubt it, but some parts probably are.

I think we are all a product of our environment. Usually I like watching Fox news, but lately CNN has better coverage of the the Russian terrorism in Ukraine. Neither channel is telling the entire truth though, just picking what they think will draw viewers! (Fox would lead me to belive our VP is a complete idiot, can that be true?)

But, does percieved Naziism that justify destroying two counties?

But back to the point, if Russia is the bastion of freedom of speech, whats with all of the protestors being arrested?