Predictions
- Foreign tech firms’ removal of opposition-linked app from online stores will embolden Kremlin to increase pressure over online content and user data
- Opposition will focus on exposing official corruption to rebuild momentum following failure to challenge United Russia party in Duma election
- Kremlin’s crackdown and expanding internet control will limit opposition’s ability to organise large protests over coming year
Event
Google and Apple removed an app linked to Alexey Navalny’s “Smart Voting” initiative from their online stores on 17 September, with previously downloaded versions of the app also ceasing to function.
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