But the spirited way in which the Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor has responded to criticism of its decision to ban PornHub and YouPorn, has demonstrated that it is no ordinary government agency.
The ban announced on Tuesday follows two separate judicial rulings - a court in Voronezh banned PornHub and a court in Vladivostok banned YouPorn - which, perhaps not surprisingly, concluded that the websites "spread pornography".
