Russia Clones Wikipedia, Censors It, Bans Original
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Ruviki is intended to be a more “trustworthy” source of information for Russians by editing out anything that makes the Russian government look bad.

What the hell?

Edit - Quoting @[email protected]

Wikipedia is not currently banned in Russia. But the Russian branch of Wikimedia as an organization is. Also, pretty much nobody in Russia uses Ruwiki, everyone keeps using Wikipedia.

That’s all not to say it isn’t a troubling development, though. But Russians are more likely to access Wikipedia through VPN than to rely on Ruwiki. The game’s not lost.

  • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    7 months ago

    Life in Russia is ridiculously tough if you don’t live in a major city like Moscow or St. Petersburg and don’t have a decent job. People don’t really have time to think about Putin and politics, they have to survive. I have some distant relatives there, man is a truck driver, his wife is a teacher. The guy goes hunting and fishing regularly to have food on the table. Can you imagine hunting to survive in a developed country? Can you imagine thinking about politics in these conditions?

    • ma1w4re@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Bruh. Where do they live? I live in a cul-de-sac shit hole with low af pay and nobody seriously goes fishing or hunting to survive. It’s a hobby in every single case.