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Apr 30, 2024 · Jules Roscoe reports via 404 Media: Russia has replaced Wikipedia with a state-sponsored encyclopedia that is a clone of the original Russian Wikipedia but which conveniently has been edited to omit things that could cast the Russian government in poor light.
Jul 21, 2022 · 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...
Apr 5, 2022 · Last month, Belarus, one of Russia's closest allies in the Ukraine invasion, arrested one of the most prolific editors of the Russian-language version of Wikipedia. He had made more than...
Mar 3, 2022 · On Tuesday, tech and communications regulator Roskomnadzor threatened to block Wikipedia over the Russian-language page covering Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming it contained “false...
Jul 12, 2023 · Russian Wikipedia’s Top Editor Leaves to Launch a Putin-Friendly Clone. The move is seen as a potential precursor to a ban on the original version. Illustration: Chantal Jahchan for...
Apr 5, 2022 · Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday it wanted Wikipedia to remove "material with inaccurate information of public interest" about the situation in Ukraine.
Jun 14, 2022 · The Russian court initially issued Wikimedia a fine of 5 million rubles ($88,000) for refusing to remove what it called "untrue socially important information" from Russian-language Wikipedia...
