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'''Sputnik''' is a [[Russian Federation|Russian]] state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western [[bourgeois media]] which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship.  
'''Sputnik''' is a [[Russian Federation|Russian]] state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western [[bourgeois media]] which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship.  
Various Sputnik accounts have been censored on Telegram, a Russia-based chat app used for disseminating news. This has been speculated to be the result of EU-US regulator demands.<ref>@wyattreed13 on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1503558692083535873?s=21 “CONFIRMED: Russian outlets like @SputnikInt are being blocked on Telegram—apparently in response to speech restrictions imposed by US and Europe.]
[https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1503558692083535873?s=21 Now only those living in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are trusted by their leaders with access to forbidden Russian knowledge.”] (needs archive link)</ref>


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Revision as of 02:34, 15 March 2022

Sputnik is a Russian state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western bourgeois media which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship.

Various Sputnik accounts have been censored on Telegram, a Russia-based chat app used for disseminating news. This has been speculated to be the result of EU-US regulator demands.[1]

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