By JOHN HAYWARD
Russian media regulatory agency Roskomnadzor said Tuesday that beginning in March 2022, American streaming service Netflix will be required to include Russian state media broadcasts and obey various authoritarian media laws, including a ban on anything classified as âextremism.â
The Russian government considers virtually all criticism of itself to be âextreme.â
The Moscow Times saw glimpses of Netflixâs future in the way Google and Apple were forced to censor âextremistâ content concerning dissident leader Alexei Navalny in advance of parliamentary elections in September. Russian officials threatened to arrest local employees of the two American companies if they did not comply.