I don't normally post a lot of stuff on international tech politics to hackerspace lists, but I think it's worth generating a conversation around this.  My friends from Russia have been describing Putin's insane environment of fearmongering and national media control and censorship.   This article talks effectively a national walled garden. 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/01/russia_bans_dissident_blogging_and_bloggers_today.html

How do you fight this?