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		<title>Spotify reportedly scraps Russian launch plans</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/spotify-reportedly-scraps-russian-launch-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The music streamer Spotify was all set to plow into the Russian market, having poached a former Google exec, Alexander Kubaneishvili, to lead the offensive. However, that plan has gone out&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Google and PayPal join Crimea sanctions efforts</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/23/google-and-paypal-join-crimea-sanctions-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest move by a U.S. tech firm to abide by sanctions on Crimea, Google will stop Android users on the peninsula from downloading apps from Google Play, according to&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Russia orders Google, Facebook and Twitter to comply with local storage and censorship laws</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/26/russia-orders-google-facebook-and-twitter-to-comply-with-local-storage-and-censorship-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 07:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. firms have reportedly been told they must store Russians' local data and metadata on Russian soil, and abide by the same restrictions on free speech to which traditional Russian&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: Kremlin denies mulling Russian separation from global internet in &#8216;emergencies&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/19/russia-considering-separation-from-global-internet-in-emergencies-report-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Friday report in Vedomosti suggested that, on 22 September, President Putin will meet with the country's security council to discuss the possibility of cutting out the foreign internet in times&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mail.ru now controls most of the Russian social networking market, after buying out VKontakte</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/16/mail-ru-now-controls-most-of-the-russian-social-networking-market-after-buying-out-vkontakte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deal also means the end of a nasty legal spat between VK founder Pavel Durov, Mail.ru and erstwhile stakeholder UCP.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian prime minister&#8217;s Twitter account hacked &#8212; no, he&#8217;s not quit to become a photographer</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/14/russian-prime-ministers-twitter-account-hacked-no-hes-not-quit-to-become-a-photographer/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/14/russian-prime-ministers-twitter-account-hacked-no-hes-not-quit-to-become-a-photographer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account was taken over by an anti-Kremlin wag on Thursday morning, but it appears to be back in the hands of his team.]]></description>
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		<title>Public Wi-Fi users in Russia will have to log on with ID, reports say</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/08/public-wi-fi-users-in-russia-will-have-to-log-on-with-id-under-new-information-war-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia's clampdown on internet freedom continues, this time with a measure designed to counter "those interested in destabilization." However, there is some confusion over which hotspots are affected.]]></description>
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		<title>Russian regulator ready to block BBC website, reports say</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/05/russian-regulator-ready-to-ban-bbc-website-reports-say/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/05/russian-regulator-ready-to-ban-bbc-website-reports-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 08:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The authorities are angry that the BBC Russia site is carrying an audio interview with an artist who supports a planned -- but likely illegal -- march for Siberian autonomy. The&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The registration of Russian bloggers has begun</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/01/the-registration-of-russian-bloggers-has-begun/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/01/the-registration-of-russian-bloggers-has-begun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first to receive notices demanding that they join a censorship-happy register reportedly include prominent novelists and satirists, who are now expected to abide by the same rules as journalists on&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Putin signs law that could end up blocking Facebook and Twitter in Russia</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/23/putin-signs-law-that-could-end-up-blocking-facebook-and-twitter-in-russia/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/23/putin-signs-law-that-could-end-up-blocking-facebook-and-twitter-in-russia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The law requires web services operating in Russia to store citizens' data in local facilities. It's supposed to protect Russians from overseas hackers, but the censorship potential is clear.]]></description>
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