The Limits of the Kremlin’s Information Controls

“Despite years of creeping Kremlin control over the internet, the mercenary tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin continued to comment live on Saturday through videos, audio recordings and statements posted on the messaging app Telegram,” the New York Times reports.

“His remarkable continued access to a public platform amid a crisis demonstrated both the limits of official restrictions and the rise of Telegram as a powerful mode of communication since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022. The app, along with the proliferation of virtual private networks, has effectively loosened the information controls that the Russian authorities had tightened for years.”