San Francisco – A U.S.-backed campaign is giving Russians access to anti-censorship software to dodge Moscow’s crackdown on dissent against its invasion of Ukraine, involved groups have said.
Russia has intensified its restrictions on independent media since attacking its neighbor in February, with journalists under threat of prosecution for criticizing the invasion or for even referring to it as a war.
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