Alexey Sidorenko · March, 2010

Latest posts by Alexey Sidorenko from March, 2010

Russia: Blogger-Businessman Killed

RuNet Echo

Maxim Zuev (aka LJ user kenig), a blogger from Kaliningrad, was killed on March 18, rian.ru reported. Zuev's occupation was business although Kaliningrad bloggers remember him as a moderator of...

29 March 2010

Russia: Website Closed By Police Order

RuNet Echo

20marta.ru, an opposition website dedicated to the “Day of Anger” held on March 20, was closed by police after just one day of functioning, kasparov.ru reported. According to the source,...

26 March 2010

Russia: One of the Top Bloggers Dies

RuNet Echo

Dmitry Gorchev (aka LJ user dimkin), a writer and artist (some of his translations are here), died today in his house leaving about 13,000 readers mourn, openspace.ru reported. Gorchev was...

26 March 2010

Russia: Activists Burns Effigy of Policeman

RuNet Echo

Activists of the movement “Autonomous Action” burnt an effigy a policeman during the “political Maslenitsa“, indymedia reports (photos and footage available). The action was dedicated to Seva Ostapov, a young...

21 March 2010

Russia: Bloggers Expose Election Fraud Techniques

RuNet Echo

The recent elections for local administrative offices in Russian regions were the first to show the power of Web 2.0. in uncovering voting violations. Bloggers would gather evidence with their cell phone cameras and published them online.

20 March 2010

Russia: Photos of Newspaper Office Assault

RuNet Echo

Regional newspaper Nasha Ryazan (Our Ryazan), published photos of armed men in military outfits (allegedly policemen) blocking the entrance to the newspaper's office. The assault can be connected with the...

15 March 2010

Russia: Mapping Broadband Internet Prices

RuNet Echo

Russia has experienced an enormous growth of Internet penetration during the last 10 years. But the quality, price and accessibility of the broadband Internet differ a lot throughout the country with some territories still being beyond the digital divide.

14 March 2010

Russia: Video of Directed Voting

RuNet Echo

Political analyst Alexander Kynev posted a video where students of a local college vote preliminarily  in the city of Ivanovo. The video shows one of the most popular fraud techniques...

14 March 2010