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Most requests to remove online content come from Russia, Google says

July 24, 2017

Russia has come out on top of a ranking of government requests to have online content removed or blocked, according to Google’s latest Transparency Report. Last year, the Russian authorities filed more than 13,000 requests with the search engine to have online content on Google platforms removed, including on YouTube. Compared to 2015, the number of requests …

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Russia’s illegal drug trade thrives in the dark web

July 5, 2017

The drug transactions plaguing some Moscow neighborhoods begin in drug supermarkets hidden online in the deepest reaches of the “dark web.” Here, hundreds of eager suppliers compete to satisfy their customers’ sophisticated palettes. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the legal tender here. In exchange, buyers are issued GPS coordinates to the spot where their purchases await …

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Is Russia becoming a cryptocurrency haven?

June 13, 2017

Farmer Mikhail Shlyapnikov says creating his own virtual currency allowed him to raise almost $2 million in two months. The currency, the kolion, is named after the Moscow region village of Kolionovo, where Shlyapnikov lives. During its April launch period, investors from around the world bought $500,000 worth of the currency. Since trading began at the beginning of …

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Russia’s national guard to monitor social networks

May 19, 2017

Russia’s National Guard is planning to train IT experts and specialists to monitor social networks, the Interfax news agency reported Friday, citing first deputy commander of the National Guard Sergei Melikov. “We’re looking at areas of work we would like to develop” Melikov told reporters. “Mainly social media monitoring.” Monitoring social networks would help the …

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Executive order may put Internet media and online anonymity under new pressure

May 15, 2017

Issued Thursday, a 27-page Presidential executive order titled “Development Strategies for Russian Information Society from 2017 to 2030” is instructing the federal government to devise new mechanisms to rein in online media and limit Internet users’ anonymity. The Russian president is giving the government six months to reform its strategy for policing “means of providing …

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Mobile operator MTS to store user data in pilot anti-terror scheme

May 11, 2017

Russian cell phone operator MTS will be the first company to start storing users’ data under controversial new anti-terror laws. MTS will be running a pilot program in an unnamed Russian city, Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday. The trial run will test whether existing technology could be used to enforce the laws. The storage equipment needed for …

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Russian investigators ordered to find out how hackers cracked an activist’s Telegram account

May 11, 2017

State prosecutors in Moscow have ordered Russia’s Investigative Committee to find out how hackers gained access to an opposition activist’s Telegram account last year, according to the news agency RBC. Investigators initially declined to open a case into complaints by Oleg Kozlovsky, who says his Telegram account was accessed illegally in April 2016. According to Kozlovsky, the …

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Russian Church launches “Christian mobile operator”

April 20, 2017

Devout Russian Christians will soon be able to sign up to the country’s very own Orthodox mobile operator. As well as deals on mobile internet and calls, Blagovest will let users sign up for added bonuses such as text alerts from the Russian Patriarch, the business daily Vedomosti reported Tuesday. The company’s website also contains a special …

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Ahead of new protests, Russia starts blocking web pages

March 31, 2017

With Russia’s opposition leader in jail for disobeying police at last Sunday’s anti-corruption protest in Moscow, the country is set for more nationwide demonstrations this weekend. Federal attorneys have instructed Roskomnadzor, the telecom regulator, to start blocking pages on Vkontakte, LiveJournal and YouTube that promote unsanctioned rallies scheduled for Sunday, April 2. Vkontakte is the leading …

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Russia can compete with SpaceX, Kremlin claims

April 2, 2017

The Silicon Valley entrepreneur’s SpaceX company made history on March 30 when it launched and landed a used rocket. No one has ever done that before. And the breakthrough has forced Russians to grapple with the decay and struggle of their own national space program. The SpaceX milestone was “an important achievement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow on Friday. But he said it is important …

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Yandex’s news service almost blind to mass anti-corruption protests

March 29, 2017

On Sunday, as Russia was witnessing mass anti-corruption protests, Yandex’s local news feed for Moscow prominently featured trivialities such as weather reports and promotions for the city’s “Spring Festival.” On the national level, protests were overshadowed by news like Russia’s reaction to Kiev banning its Eurovision contestant, reports The Moscow Times. It’s no secret that …

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