As a busy tour guide in St. Petersburg, Vsevolod Gavrilov never paid much attention to the day¡¯s headlines, instead tracking travel influencers on social media platforms and messaging his friends on the Telegram app.
But since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the 37-year-old said he had been trying to find ¡°credible¡± news sources due to Russian moves to block numerous global and local news sites, along with social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
¡°Most news sources are blocked, and those that are not blocked don¡¯t look credible. Telegram channels have become one of the few ways to find out information,¡± said Gavrilov, who follows pro-Russia, Ukrainian and independent news channels.
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