Runet (or Russian internet) unplugged

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In China, they’ve got the so-called Great Firewall — a combination of laws and technologies that severely limit what people in China can access on the internet. Now, Russia appears to be moving in a similar direction to create what some people are calling an Internet Iron Curtain. Reporter Charles Maynes has been following this from Moscow and speaks with host Marco Werman.

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