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Internet holds the line

By Neil Buckley in Moscow

Published: July 4 2007 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2007 03:00

One bastion of Russian free speech remains little touched by the authorities: the internet, writes Neil Buckley.

But could that change? Concern spread this spring when President Vladimir Putin merged a regulator supervising media and culture with one responsible for telecoms and IT, creating a single super-agency.

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