Russia's Internet blacklist looms in freedom crackdown

news.cnet.com — (Credit: CBS News video/Screenshot by CNET's Jonathan Skillings) The United States had SOPA, and Britain has the Digital Economy Act. China is -- well, in a league of its own. Russia is next on the list of developed nations pushing for widespread Web site blocking and censorship capabilities in the wake of an online uprising prior to the inauguration of Russian president Vladimir Putin.