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>However Russia failed to suppress and replicate YouTube that is the only massively popular Western platform in Russia.

I'd say Instagram is as popular. Not sure about other services.

I'd say Pornhub is also pretty popular too. Don't ask me how I know it.

Tik Tok is popular among young people.

TikTok is not western though

It is western in the sense that it is marketed to the west. Chinese people use Douyin instead.

Tiktok is marketed to everywhere that isn't China. That's not the same as western.