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“The internet is fracturing into a series of huge country-based intranets, in which governments define, in the name of security, what is legitimate personal and intellectual communication, and what is not.”

Quote by Misha Glenny

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Misha Glenny is a British journalist renowned for his in-depth reporting on Eastern Europe and Russia. Born in 1958, he has been focusing on the political, economic, and social changes in the region since the early 1980s. more

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