Version longue en français: https://www.bortzmeyer.org/coupure-russie.html
Several ISPs in France have started censoring rt.com via their DNS resolver.
Why are they doing this? I guess officially they'll say it's because of Russian propaganda about Ukraine, and that's partially correct.
But also worth pointing out is that despite very uncritical propaganda from the regime about what happens in Russia, RT is one of the only mass media (non-independent publication) where you can have decent news about social uproar in France (gilets jaunes, anti-police-abuse riots, etc).
We haven't reached the point where posts to RT are censored on social media (where it's most popular) so i can't exactly say we have "one side" to the news yet but it's getting closer.
This message is both a fuck you to french ISPs engaging in censorship (remember Sci-Hub? TPB?) and a reminder to all the Putin fanboys around here what "there's only one side to the news" really means: Russia is already there (there's a few independent publications but they've been struggling for years with State censorship and journalist assassinations) and France is getting closer (on the other side of the narrative). The rest of you who live in countries with more free speech can't even realize what information control means so please don't take these words lightly.
Wrong facts. NATO's eastward expansion has been going on since 1959, and we are not living in 1989. That 0.2% crap is spouted on Lemmy by people, so I wrote about that.
How much influence does Wagner Group have in government and military, can you tell me? Because Azov Battalion and Banderites are gods in Ukraine. You can also check the history of "slava ukraini" phrase.
You are not exactly arguing in good faith, so it is over from me too.
Between 1959 and 1998 only Spain became a new NATO member (see your own graphic) which I would hardly call eastward expansion 🤨
You calling something "hardly" does not matter. After all, Ukraine is also just 1 country by your logic, just like Spain, right? I like your intent here, when I meant 1949 and not 1959 to demonstrate NATO expansion, you just went ahead with wordsmith weaseling.
Also, you are wrong. It looks to me more than just Spain.
there's a huge difference between "since the 60's" (as is continuously) and "in the 50's then since the 90's". Depicting what happened in the early 50's as agressive western expansion against peaceful eastern block is at the very least unfair, both sides were preparing for the eventuality of war at that time.