"Sovereign Internet" begins. Critical medicine shortages. Anti-landfill protests
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Russia moves to criminalize "drug propaganda" online. The "sovereign internet law" comes into effect. Russian doctors face shortages of vital medicines as foreign companies leave the country. And the Russian National Guard takes on environmental activists protesting plans to build Europe’s biggest landfill in northern Russia. Explained by Novaya Gazeta (novayagazeta.ru)
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