Andrew Bogrand: Don’t get tagged on social media in Russia
Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny (R) and his brother Oleg (L) stand in a courtroom in Moscow, on April 24, 2014.
The Russian government's excessive control over social media made international headlines last week. The state media oversight agency, at the request of prosecutors, forced the popular social network Facebook to block a support page for a Russian opposition leader and prominent anti-corruption activist, Alexei Navalny, who is on trial in a case he has called politically motivated.