Alexey Sidorenko · June, 2010

Latest posts by Alexey Sidorenko from June, 2010

Russia: Analysis of Hacker Attacks On Bloggers

RuNet Echo

Over the last five years, more than 40 RuNet bloggers have become targets of hacker attacks, most of which were carried out by a group of hackers named The Brigade of Hell. The hackers' targets have been both political and commercial bloggers.

20 June 2010

Russia: New Websites to Promote Modernist Islam

RuNet Echo

Paul Goble writes [EN] about the launch of two websites islam-portal.ru and soyuzmusulmanok.ru, that promote modernist Islam. Two websites, Goble suggests, illustrate both attempts to seek connections with younger Muslim population,...

15 June 2010

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan: Initial Coverage of the “Osh Massacre”

RuNet Echo

On June 10, 2010, local clashes between the ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek population in the Kyrgyz part of the Ferghana valley turned into a full-blown massacre and further exodus of the Kyrgyzstan-based Uzbeks. It seems that the conflict had been incited by the Kyrgyz organized criminal gangs in order to destabilize the region and might be connected with the revolutionary events in Kyrgyzstan two months earlier. The post summarizes initial coverage of the event by local bloggers.

13 June 2010

Russia: Networks of Paid Bloggers Exposed

RuNet Echo

In Russia, networks of paid bloggers sometimes turn to advocating certain political views or to promoting the official political agenda. A recent investigation by LJ user dobrokhotov sheds some light on this "grey zone" of RuNet.

10 June 2010