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Finnish Newspaper Dodges Russian Press Restrictions With Ingenious Video Game Ploy

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Articles about the war in Ukraine were snuck into a game beloved by young Russians.

A view of a secret room within the Counter-Strike video game, where Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat has hidden news about Russia’s war in Ukraine in Russian, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 2, 2023.
Helsingin Sanomat via Reuters