YouTube pulls Russian opposition ads ahead of elections

Navalny aide Leonid Volkov maintained that YouTube pulled the videos based on an illegal complaint letter from the country’s election commission, not a full-fledged order. The Russian government under Putin has regularly suppressed political dissent, and has frequently singled out Navalny as a target. His latest ads encouraged Russians to protest pension changes — eliminating …

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