Alexey Sidorenko · April, 2010

Latest posts by Alexey Sidorenko from April, 2010

Russia: Authorities Inspect Major Social Network

RuNet Echo

Russia authorities started inspection of the country's major social network Vkontakte.ru, rbcdaily.ru reported. The authorities claim the social network became popular with neo-Nazi, xenophobic and extremist groups. But the inspection...

21 April 2010

Russia: Internet Development in Regions

RuNet Echo

Yandex.ru published report [RUS, .pdf] on Internet development in Russian regions. Report concludes that the drastic increase in Internet penetration during 2009 was in Russian regions. The average speed of...

21 April 2010

Russia: Reactions to the Polish Tragedy

RuNet Echo

April 10, 2010, the day that should have started a new era in the Russian-Polish relations, brought tragic news instead. Airplane with the highest Polish establishment on board crashed in the Smolensk forest. The reaction of the Russian blogosphere was divided as usual when it comes to the Russian-Polish relations.

11 April 2010

Kyrgyzstan: The “Archived” Revolution

RuNet Echo

On April 6th, Kyrgyzstan was hit by mass protests which eventually led to the overthrow of the government as well as many deaths. While the internet did not play a major role in mobilizing the protests, it has been used to document what happened in detail.

9 April 2010

Russia: Expat Bloggers List

RuNet Echo

Ru_travel community tries to make a list of expat bloggers who live in the most distant parts of the world. Russophone bloggers found in New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and...

8 April 2010

Russia: April Fool's Online Pranks

RuNet Echo

Although the beginning of the week has been marked by the disaster and grief, Russian bloggers and computer geeks tried to leave some place in their lives for a smile. Below are few of the pranks proposed by bloggers and several software companies.

4 April 2010