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Putin: The Internet Is a CIA Project

And Russia must fight it.

Is everything on the Internet—other than Putin's shirtless animal wrangling pictures—western propaganda? According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Internet is "a CIA project" that Moscow must "fight" to resist. Putin made the remarks at a media forum in St. Petersburg, noting that the Internet was developed by the CIA and "is still developing as such." He also leveled allegations against Russian search engine Yandex, which caused a five-percent drop in its stock shares.

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