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1. narrat+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-06-04 18:20:30
Yandex, the english language version of the Russian search engine, does not censor anything. It's by far the best search engine for politically controversial topics. You can even search for Putin stuff and get good results.

https://yandex.com/images/search?from=tabbar&text=tank%20man

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2. chalco+Xc[view] [source] 2021-06-04 19:14:13
>>narrat+(OP)
This won't last for long.
3. Comodo+ar[view] [source] 2021-06-04 20:26:39
>>narrat+(OP)
Russian version surely has its filters.
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4. cynwoo+ut[view] [source] 2021-06-04 20:42:05
>>narrat+(OP)
The Russian site also appears wide open. Example:

https://yandex.ru/video/search?text=navalny%20putin%27s%20pa...

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5. manana+yL[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-06-04 22:50:12
>>Comodo+ar
Probably, but different ones. This is somewhat reminiscent of the old advice (which I could swear was Schneier’s, but can’t seem to actually find) to layer ciphers developed by mutually hostile countries, seeing as it’s highly unlikely the same actor would know how to break (e.g.) US, Chinese, and Russian crypto simultaneously even if each of those can be broken by their origin country.

Although I have to note that I’m not aware of any censorship in Yandex web search, unlike for example Yandex News where pretty blatant examples occur regularly—but Yandex News is pretty irrelevant outside ex-USSR anyway. Except for apparently socially acceptable censorship like that engendered by “right to be forgotten” laws and DMCA, of course.

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