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1. Anti-LGBTQ Law Has Broad Ripples: President Vladimir Putin signed a law against LGBTQ "propaganda." Is this only a homophobic act? Or is it part of something bigger?; Tags: putin, freedom, repression, lgbt

2. Aiming for RuNet: Russia’s crackdown on internet freedoms reached a fever pitch this spring as the government attempted to slow Twitter traffic in response to the microblogging platform’s alleged refusal to delete banned content.; Tags: dissent, freedom, press freedom, internet

3. Freed Internet or Internment?: “Everything is ready for it technologically. All decisions have also been made at the legislative level, but (…) it is not easy, and it is really not desired. I still, frankly speaking, do not see any signs of this happening, because, for obvious reasons, it is a double-edged weapon.”

– Brandishing the biggest sword, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev announced to the rest of the world on February 1st that Russia is now ready to disconnect from the global Internet.; Tags: freedom, medvedev, Internet

4. Freedom?: Serfs and Slaves; did Emancipation really mean freedom in Russia or the U.S.?; Tags: emancipation, serfs, freedom, alexander; By Linda DeLaine

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