lexek

>My impression was previously that Russia was somewhat of a wild west when it came to piracy and internet restrictions.

They're still pretty lenient on piracy, which doesn't cancel out the government ever growing desire to control the news/media/social networks space

Unlike you, I actually lived in Russia and I can tell with 100% certainty that it's a bs narrative that was used to build up Putin support based on confrontation with the "west".