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RuNet Echo

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RuNet Echo is a project of Global Voices (@globalvoices) exploring Russian online communities and citizen journalism.

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Russian government entities made 10,448 content removal requests in January-June 2021 – a record for the country and a 56-percent increase compared to the previous six months. globalvoices.org/2022/01/29/… via @globalvoices
Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requests

Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requests

Russia came in second place after Japan and accounted for 25 percent of global Twitter takedown requests in January-June 2021. Most requests targeted content that allegedly violated local laws...

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Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisoners globalvoices.org/2022/01/04/… via @globalvoices
Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisoners

Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisoners

The short videos, used to promote pro-government channels, feature opposition members and independent journalists imprisoned by the Lukashenka regime in what look like forced confessions made under...

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@AricToler4 Jan 2022
We're hiring a (third!) editor at @bellingcat, job posting below. Remote work, salary is $53-56k, plus all the wonderful things provided by Dutch employers (25 holidays/year, paid sabbatical, etc). If the link fails, try it in a private/incognito window. bellingcat.com/bellingcat-is…
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"The fines mark the first time Russia has imposed a fine based on a company’s turnover and comes as Moscow amplifies pressure on foreign internet platforms." themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/2…
Russia Fines Google, Meta Record $125M for Banned Content

Russia Fines Google, Meta Record $125M for Banned Content

Russia has slapped tech giants Google and Meta with record penalties totaling over $125 million for repeated failure to remove banned content, state media reported Friday.

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New colonization in Russia’s Arctic threatens indigenous rights globalvoices.org/2022/01/03/… via @TransitionsMag @globalvoices
New colonization in Russia’s Arctic threatens indigenous rights

New colonization in Russia’s Arctic threatens indigenous rights

Pressure is growing on indigenous activists from Russia’s north, Siberia, and far east, even though the groups are almost totally uninvolved in politics in the literal sense.

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Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-Info globalvoices.org/2021/12/27/… via @globalvoices @OvdInfo
Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-Info

Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-Info

"We see this as a continuation of the state's attack on civil society. It is no surprise that the attack is now focused on OVD-Info."

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The key court case is taking place today -- on the anniversary of the death of one of Memorial’s founding members, Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov. It's a 'criminalisation of memory', @AndrKolesnikov says. Full story: ft.com/content/5c64a174-ad92…
‘Russia’s conscience’ on trial as civil rights group faces closure

‘Russia’s conscience’ on trial as civil rights group faces closure

Memorial, which documents Soviet-era atrocities, faces dissolution as cases return to court this week

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Succession, Russian-style: top social network VK removes the son of the head of the main state TV channel as CEO, replaces him with the son of Putin's domestic policy chief themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/1…

Russia’s VK Appoints Son of Kremlin Insider as New CEO

Russia’s top social media platform, VKontakte, has appointed the son of an influential Kremlin insider as its new chief executive, the company announced Monday.

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@maxseddon16 Dec 2021
An awkward moment in Russian court today: a recent fraud conviction appears to confirm Russia's army is occupying the separatist states in eastern Ukraine. The 1,300 tons of food the defendant sent there every two weeks is enough for 26,000 troops themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/1…

Fraud Conviction Appears to Reveal Russian Troop Deployment in East Ukraine

A Russian court’s fraud conviction may have inadvertently revealed the deployment of Russian troops in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's daughter on Wednesday urged the EU to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as she collected a rights prize on behalf of her father themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/1…
Navalny Daughter Urges EU to Confront Putin

Navalny Daughter Urges EU to Confront Putin

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's daughter on Wednesday urged the EU to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as she collected a rights prize on behalf of her father.  "Although coming...

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Meanwhile, Moscow got a new museum - of cryptography! Check it out! themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/1…
First Russian Museum of Cryptography Opens in Moscow

First Russian Museum of Cryptography Opens in Moscow

Gallery |

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Read this new @WiredUK about Russia's attempts to attempt to block the @torproject browser. GV and @runetecho's @tanyalokot is interviewed r Tor wired.co.uk/article/russia-b…
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#Russia has the second-largest @TorProject userbase in the world. The blocking of Tor's website comes amid a renewed crackdown on VPNs and other online anonymity tools. @RuNetEcho trts.io/8M8bi
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@maxseddon9 Dec 2021
"The long-term goal is to push out the foreign social media companies from the Russian market." smart @polinaivanovva column on Gazprom's takeover of Russia's biggest social network and the implications for internet freedom: ft.com/content/4197ffe3-b1c0…
Kremlin penetrates deeper into online world of Russians

Kremlin penetrates deeper into online world of Russians

Pressure grows on foreign social media platforms after state-run group’s takeover of Russia’s Facebook

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#Russia has the second-largest @TorProject userbase in the world. The blocking of Tor's website comes amid a renewed crackdown on VPNs and other online anonymity tools. @RuNetEcho trts.io/Bkv2y
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Russia blocks access to Tor browser website globalvoices.org/2021/12/08/… via @globalvoices #Tor #censorship @torproject
Russia blocks access to Tor browser website

Russia blocks access to Tor browser website

The push for greater online censorship is part of the country's "sovereign internet" strategy which seeks to cement centralised state control over internet infrastructure and online spaces.

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Russia has blocked the web anonymity service TOR in what activists warn is the latest part of an effort to restrict internet freedom themoscowtimes.com/2021/12/0…
Russia Blocks TOR Anonymity Service

Russia Blocks TOR Anonymity Service

Russia has blocked the web anonymity service TOR, the RBC business daily reported Wednesday, citing state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, in what activists warn is part of an effort to restrict...

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If convicted, Sapega could face up to six years in prison. rferl.org/a/belarus-sapega-r…
Belarus Files Four Charges Against Russian Girlfriend Of Arrested Blogger

Belarus Files Four Charges Against Russian Girlfriend Of Arrested Blogger

Belarusian prosecutors have filed charges against Russian citizen Sofia Sapega, who was arrested along with her boyfriend, opposition blogger Raman Pratasevich, after authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr...

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The Russian government has submitted draft legislation that would drastically expand QR-code vaccine passport prerequisites. meduza.io/en/news/2021/11/12…
Russian government drafts legislation that would require QR-code vaccine passports for access to...

Russian government drafts legislation that would require QR-code vaccine passports for access to...

As the coronavirus continues to spread out of control in Russia, the federal government has submitted draft legislation to the State Duma that would require people to present QR codes documenting...

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Russian authorities have moved to shut down Memorial, one of Russia’s oldest and most prominent rights organizations, an outrageous assault on the jugular of Russia’s civil society. trib.al/PyiAF86
Russian Authorities Move to Shut Down a Human Rights Giant

Russian Authorities Move to Shut Down a Human Rights Giant

Russian authorities have moved to shut down Memorial, one of Russia’s oldest and most prominent rights organization, an outrageous assault on the jugular of Russia’s civil society.

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