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Russia s digital decoupling from the West

In the era of a new Cold War, the internet is facing fragmentation, which means that bans, censorship and limitations seem to be inevitable. Russia has already started throttling Twitter’s activities in the country and President Vladimir Putin gave the media watchdog the power to block social media platforms. Will Moscow eventually completely ban all Western social networking sites? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in February that Russia was prepared to break off relations with the European Union if it continued with its planned sanctions against the Russian Federation. Such a statement could be interpreted as another empty threat from the Kremlin, given that Moscow is still heavily dependent on the West. However, in light of Russia’s attempts to limit the activities of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Telegram and TikTok in the country, Lavrov’s announcement could mean that the Kremlin intends to wage a “digital war” to undermine the influence the global social med

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