The U.S. social media companies, YouTube and Instagram must resist Russia’s demand that they remove content containing evidence of corruption in Moscow.
The issue at stake relates to a new investigative video by Russian activist and journalist, Alexei Navalny. In his video, Navalny documents efforts by billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska to woo Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko with lavish treatment and high-end escorts. Specifically, Navalny strongly implicates Deripaska in having taken Prikhodko on a yacht-vacation alongside escorts such as Nastya Rybka.
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