Russian regulators have sanctioned and shut down many independent news outlets in what critics say is an effort to control the message about Crimea.

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Sources:
The Voice of Russia http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_03_04/Crucially-important-for-Russia-G8-members-to-maintain-dialogue-US-columnist-6316/
Pravda http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/08-02-2013/123728-fascism_ukraine-0/
RT http://rt.com/op-edge/ukrainian-nationalists-attacked-police-888/
FOM http://fom.ru/SMI-i-internet/11427
ITN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPrGKkcu0Fc
RIA Novosti http://en.ria.ru/
Rossiya 1 http://russia.tv/
The New York Times http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/russia-could-still-turn-the-u-s-into-radioactive-dust-news-anchor-in-moscow-reminds-viewers/
TVrain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_85mTAxUk&list=PLr0vtm6PM7z0bdF4bjP4zxzltygDpWAjb
The Moscow Times http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/lentaru-editor-replaced-after-extremism-warning/496023.html
USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/31/russia-media-censorship/7114693/
The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/crimea-crisis-russia-propaganda-media

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