Finnish daily uses shooter videogame to dodge Russia's press restrictions

Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat Editor-in-Chief Antero Mukka presents a secret room within Counter-Strike video game, where his paper has hidden news about Russia?s war in Ukraine in Russian, in Helsinki, Finland May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Anne Kauranen

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday took its struggle against Russian media restrictions to a popular online videogame to mark world press freedom day.

Editor-in-chief Antero Mukka said the paper had to get creative in trying to breach the restrictions and decided to hide articles about Russia's war in Ukraine in Russian in the shooter game Counter-Strike, which is popular worldwide and among young Russian men.