https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/27/russian-government-condemns-twitters-ad-ban-for-russia-today-and-sputnik/ >The Russian government officially slammed Twitter’s decision to ban Sputnik and Russia Today from its advertising products. The Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova has posted a statement on Twitter and Facebook. >Zakharova goes one step further and attacks the U.S. government directly. According to her, this has become a freedom of speech issue and the Russian government will take measures. She didn’t say what she had in mind.