The Kremlin Tightens Its Grip on the Internet

reporter writes "According to a report just published by "The Washington Post", the percentage of Russian adults having access to the Internet has risen from 8% in 2002 to 25% in 2007. This growth has attracted the attention of the Kremlin. Its allies are creating pro-Kremlin web sites and are purchasing web sites known for high-quality independent journalism. Pro-Kremlin bloggers have used their skills to bury news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations: at Russian news portals, web links to news about pro-Kremlin rallies consistently rank higher than web links to news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations. The most disturbing development is that the Kremlin intends to develop a Russian Internet which is separate from the global Internet. Russian officials are studying the techniques that the Chinese use to censor the Internet."

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Re:Not surprising

[Anonymous Coward]

Europe will do nothing

Wrong. Europe will do plenty: they'll turn their heads the other way, then they will praise Russia for its tight control on the dangerous Internet, and damn America for coming up with the blasted thing anyway. Then they'll get drunk on champagne and kick some Jew.