(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) – Russia has tightened state control over the internet, restricting access to major messaging and video platforms, triggering public anger and disrupting military communications as the war against Ukraine continues. Russian authorities have limited or blocked access to Telegram, YouTube and WhatsApp, removing them from official internet filters operated by Roskomnadzor. The restrictions follow reports that Russian forces at the front had already lost access to Starlink, which some units had used for battlefield communications. Soldiers have since…