Finnish newspaper uses video game to bypass Russian press restrictions.
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Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat is using the popular online game Counter-Strike to bypass Russian media restrictions and provide independent news about the war in Ukraine to Russian gamers. The newspaper created a custom map called Voyna, meaning war in Russian, which includes a hidden room where players can find Russian-language reporting by the newspaper’s war correspondents in Ukraine. The initiative was launched on World Press Freedom Day and has been downloaded more than 2,000 times since its release on Monday.
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