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Another article https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-russia-election-interference...

Wow, this disclaimer on the side of the page was a bit surprising: "If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please note that you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."

Not surprising at all, actually.

welcome to the free world.

It's state sponsored media from a geopolitical adversary.

> Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Libert...

Yeah but like, so is a huge percent of what's shoved in our face everywhere in modern media - my surprise is at this part: "you could face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us". The idea of being fined or even imprisoned for, say, liking a tweet or something, seems completely bonkers to me.

Why are all the links being posted here from disreputable sources? Kyiv Insider, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (which is explicitly a propaganda organization run by the US government)...

Why are all the links being posted here from disreputable sources?

A careful analysis indicates that about 18 percent of the links in this thread are from the sites you mentioned.

Can you explain how you arrived at the formulation "all the links", in this context?

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