{"id":587297,"date":"2026-04-05T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587297\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:34:19","slug":"the-kremlins-internet-purge-is-like-the-soviet-era-on-steroids-australian-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/587297\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kremlin&#039;s internet purge is like &#039;the Soviet era on steroids&#039; &#8211; Australian Broadcasting Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPM01xN0NmWXV1Yy1SNTdReEdWRjViRVFWREpyeEtadFM3R0I3c3JfSGtacnNvRkVwdENtQkw3dVVoLTQwYm5Oekt5RkhCSF9UV1Zjc0JQUy1TY1VFNHAwbS1JVmRuVXFvdzBsR0dZdXhnMDY0d1d1QjBrTU8wWjhTTW1DOXJYR3lmaTdkSW1LTXByclk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Kremlin&#8217;s internet purge is like &#8216;the Soviet era on steroids&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNUjc3QzB1OE5fQ19WazNCa2JYWWFqb1hzdWU5dXlsU1dPSDZjR3ZvYlI1VWN1STdVY1BEZzN6QllKVXp3OVJnQjBHY0pDLTd6aDMzMVV3RjFaRDZrVEVTcHdnOWFaTk5WYmlGMHIzdUFIU2k5Uk5ESWlnLU5xaFNDa3R1RlBCSERJQWZfQ1hycnVZWE5V?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A game of cat and mouse: Russia&#8217;s new target in its &#8216;great crackdown&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SBS Australia<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOY3ZhNGJTZ0RMeU5kajJudXpPN3lyU2o1RmhqZTJuUWtJUjI5dTFzZWRrd3ZoenZHMGowQVlsZVFFbkxZbmtqb1l0LV85aWVLMjRpaGo2MHJaQWhMQTdwamwxLUZwV3FFa3VMV0VieFBkZk1jQzJiS3hhS3V5RHBIZzl0ZFY5d2hfYVEzSFp3T2RzSndZdnZ0clk0SF9xd1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russia slowly trying to splinter its internet from rest of world, analysts say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPYTRfLS1RYU9CNVF2ZjlzUTI2UWF2c25mdmZlZEY5UlhNTF9TRWVXUmVQMnpkYTAxem5MeVNveHo2VU1qb091Q3BEZEtnS0xZM3V5NzhxSVhrbmI0RFB3M2VwNFROWkh5LTZDZFA1Mnd3NmlFMkdVcDh4U0dsUWV1cHBCcDEtLWFDNWF4WV9rSW1zYUxZR0RxdVpsWUpfOXFubUE0WGNsSlVmZDg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As Kremlin Cuts Off the Internet, VPNs Become a Way of Life<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Moscow Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPb3pHcldoNXBCY2pDcnRKZW45VEdMZGhVMnF1UWx5T3lxOUtSWWV6VnZlQXpDRy1fUkN4d2o1d090UHdpZ1p3NlVwMVkwOXNTdER5TXZDeEJLQ2hrNUs3QzVxai12Q1NqWUI5TV9PQ0FnQjluX2FwT1ZBR3NWU2Ixa2JaSkJQdDJSZ0xwUXZPbzlZR3VQeVNUUTNtVzR1TGQ0QmVudUM3eERLd2xsR2YwUDNDZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Gizmodo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kremlin&#8217;s internet purge is like &#8216;the Soviet era on steroids&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting CorporationA game of cat and mouse:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-587297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}