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Inside Putin’s Russia: ‘We’re cut off from the outside world’ | BBC News

2026-04-24 News & Politics
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In Putin’s Russia, authorities are increasing repressions on society, including bans on protests and restrictions on how people access the internet. Access to global messaging apps has been restricted and there are widespread disruptions, even shutdowns of mobile internet. Russian officials claim that internet curbs are necessary to keep the public safe. They declare the ultimate goal: a “sovereign internet” for a “sovereign Russia”. As the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg explains in this special report from Moscow and the city of Vladimir, Russia’s bright future now looks more like its repressive Soviet past. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #Russia #Moscow #Putin #Kremlin #bbcnews 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - ‘Foreign agents’ 03:19 - Internet restrictions 05:26 - Protests against restrictions 12:17 - Question to Kremlin

Top Comments (10)

@ss4jBCha0s 2026-04-24

whenever I'm having a bad day I try to remember that I could've been born in Russia

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@Valery1400-r7u 2026-04-24

Russia is turning into North Korea.

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@user-zq4ru3to6v 2026-04-24

Russia is still run by ex-KGB men.

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@Turandot29 2026-04-24

Reminds me of the old joke: Q. Before candles, what did Russians use to light their homes? A. Electricity.

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@janijaatinen3913 2026-04-25

In 3 day special military operations the first 4 years are the hardest.

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@gaborcseke924 2026-04-24

F*ckin hell, did we dodge that bullet in Hungary or what !

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@timmurphy5541 2026-04-24

"Adapting" just means accepting crap that you shouldn't.

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@Youknowit95 2026-04-24

The real reason tyrannical dictators don’t want their people to have the internet, is because they don’t want their own people to know how bad it is for them. And they don’t want their own people contacting the outside world informing every one of how bad it is inside Russia as well.

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@midimitrova471 2026-04-24

This is horribly sad

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@nickperspective 2026-04-24

Without doubt, the best journalist the BBC has. Brave reporting from a country where you can easily be disappeared for dissent. This was a fantastic bit of journalism. Give Steve a raise, he should be paid danger money for reporting like this.

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