OVER the past year, a group of political bloggers purporting to have access to inside information have offered insight into the workings of the Russian state. They can be found on the messaging app Telegram, which has a "channels" feature that allows readers to subscribe to a feed but not to respond. The bloggers, often anonymous, serve up news spliced with cutting commentary and the whisperings of the Russian elite. The most popular, with some 26,000 subscribers, is Nezygar, or "Not Zygar"—a reference to Mikhail Zygar, a former editor-in-chief of the independent television network Dozhd ("Rain"). (Some think Nezygar is a Kremlin project.) Messages arrive on users' smartphones alongside conversations with friends, creating a sensation akin to having a Kremlin insider on speed dial.
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机译：在过去的一年中，一群声称获得内部信息的政治博客提供了对俄罗斯国家运作方式的洞察力。可以在消息传递应用程序Telegram中找到它们，该应用程序具有“频道”功能，该功能允许读者订阅供稿但不响应。博主们通常是匿名的，他们发布的新闻内容包括剪短的评论和俄罗斯精英们的耳语。最受欢迎的，大约有26,000个订阅者是Nezygar，或“ Not Zygar”，这是对独立电视网络Dozhd（“雨”）的前主编Mikhail Zygar的引用。 （有些人认为Nezygar是克里姆林宫的一个项目。）消息通过用户的智能手机到达，并与朋友进行对话，这产生了一种类似于让克里姆林宫内部人员快速拨号的感觉。
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