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Recent history of Russia online
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stewardess: Kremlin Seeks To Extend Its Reach in Cyberspace - says that the Russian government is encouraging pro-government sites and blogs, trying to drown out opposition voices.
And when the entire country of Estonia was subjected to a Denial-Of-Service attack, well, they came from Russian IP addresses.
I'm sure there are other examples, anyone?
(ETA: fixed first link, other useful links in comments)
stewardess: Kremlin Seeks To Extend Its Reach in Cyberspace - says that the Russian government is encouraging pro-government sites and blogs, trying to drown out opposition voices.And when the entire country of Estonia was subjected to a Denial-Of-Service attack, well, they came from Russian IP addresses.
I'm sure there are other examples, anyone?
(ETA: fixed first link, other useful links in comments)
Go over some of the comments in Babelfish and you'll see that this is no BS. They're really bad news. One member actually wished cancer on them. LOL.