The Russian authorities have been sinking money into domestic alternatives to YouTube for over a year, says a new investigation from iStories and Agentstvo. Allegedly, these Russian video platforms are meant to serve as substitutes in the event that Russia’s censorship agency bans YouTube altogether.
However, sources say the country’s leadership doesn’t believe that anything will come of these domestic “products.” The authorities have much higher hopes that YouTube and other Western platforms will succumb to pressure and meet Russian regulatory agencies halfway.
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