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Within the Russian Federation, a number of Wikipedia articles have been banned. Some of the banned articles have resulted in fines levied against the Wikimedia Foundation. [1] As of July 2023, there have been a total of 7 fines totaling 8.4 million rubles. [2]
In March 2022, amid its invasion of Ukraine, Russia began to increasingly block international news outlets such as BBC News Russian, Deutsche Welle, and RFE/RL (including Current Time), and Twitter was "restricted".
Block of Wikipedia in Russia. The free online encyclopedia Wikipedia was briefly blocked in Russia in August 2015. Some articles of Wikipedia were included into various censorship lists disseminated by the government. Further threats to block were made following the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
Though Russia briefly banned Wikipedia in August 2015, it has now taken its digital offensive campaign to the next level. Earlier this year, Vladimir Medeyko, the former director of Wikimedia ...
Roskomnadzor, Russia's censorship authority, issued another demand on Tuesday for Wikipedia to remove what it called "unreliable socially significant information." The agency warned that failure to...
Russia's communications regulator is threatening to fine Google and Wikipedia for not removing what it describes as misinformation about the war in Ukraine.
Within the Russian Federation, a number of Wikipedia articles have been banned. Some of the banned articles have resulted in fines levied against the Wikimedia Foundation. As of July 2023, there have been a total of 7 fines totaling 8.4 million rubles.
The free online encyclopedia Wikipedia was briefly blocked in Russia in August 2015. Some articles of Wikipedia were included into various censorship lists disseminated by the government. Further threats to block were made following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Banner on Russian Wikipedia, 24 and 25 August 2015. 2015 blocking.
April 18 (Reuters) - Russia is "not yet" planning to block Wikipedia, its minister of digital affairs said on Tuesday as a Moscow court handed the online encyclopaedia another fine for...
July 20, 2022. Moscow has ordered search engines in Russia to place a disclaimer on Wikipedia results and denounce the site as a violator of its restrictive information law, the latest effort...