Russia: Photoblogger Launches New Citizen Media Agency  · Global Voices
Alexey Sidorenko

Ilya Varlamov, popular photoblogger, officially launches [ru] Ridus.ru, news agency dedicated to the citizen media in Russia. Its ‘special projects’ section [ru] tells about new and already existing civil society movements that deal with environmental issues, traffic violations, illegal development in the historic parts of the cities, freedom of photography and other digital activism initiatives.