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Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]
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be.open
on 10/04/2022, 19:36:41 UTC
And, by Russia, do you mean in Russia territory from before 2014, or somewhere in Ukraine or Belarus which has open internet?
Ural, near Yekaterinburg.

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! 
It looks like you are a victim of Western propaganda. Grin

Kind of saying, you might have government permission to post pro-Russian rhetoric?
I write here as a private person, for free, in my spare time and not affiliated with any pro-government structures.

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.
Theoretically, I could face up to 15 years in prison for spreading fake news about the military operation in Ukraine. Or there may be trouble with the FSB for divulging information constituting a state secret (this is partly why I try not to pedal the subject of the internal structure of missiles in technical details). I have to pass my posts here through a self-moderation filter, which undoubtedly affects their objectivity and perhaps the overall tone of my posts from this is a little more pro-Russian than my true view of things. This does not mean that I am lying to you, it means that I say a little less than I could say about this.