[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

[Fred Bauder]

> But that is not all. The most important issue is extremism. According to
> the bill, the materials, that are banned for distribution in Russia
> should be included to the register of banned information on the ground of
> the court decision, banning the distribution of that information in
> Russia. We already have such court decisions and a list of extremist
> materials, distribution of which is prohibited in Russia. That list
> contains some really nasty materials, as e.g. nazi propaganda, but also
> Islamic texts (including those of famous non-terrorist Islamic authors
> e.g. Said Nursî), Saentologist, Jehova’s witnesses , Falun Gong,
> letters and materials of opposition in Russia, works of contemporary art,
> etc.

"letters and materials of opposition in Russia" That is the issue. It's
Russian McCarthyism.

Fred