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The Insider has been systematically repressed by the Putin's regime:

* "Foreign agent" label in 2021. This means massive restrictions on income sources and a target of gradually increasing restrictions as years go by.

* "Undesirable organization" in 2022. Donating to such organizations is a criminal offense.

* Roman Dobrokhotov - the Insider founder - has been wanted in Russia since 2021.

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How does that not translate into the .ru domain name being seized?

As far as I'm aware, no ".ru" domains have been seized yet from media independent from the Russian government. Instead, they prefer to block website access - by law, every ISP has to install DPI-enabled hardware, which is used to censor the net.

I confirm that the the link doesn't open from Russia.

I'm aware of one - grani.ru had to become graniru.org a few years ago.

Why seize a domain when you can just block it country wide?

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