Alexey Sidorenko · October, 2010

Latest posts by Alexey Sidorenko from October, 2010

Russia: Online Activism Success Stories

RuNet Echo

While Internet analysts across the Atlantic are busy arguing whether technology brings about social and political change or not, bloggers in Russia add their humble contributions to the debate, probably unaware that the debate is taking place at all. Their victories are small and not numerous; their impact can easily be attributed to statistical error - but they certainly are out there.

25 October 2010

Russian Newsweek Closes

RuNet Echo

Closure of Russian Newsweek provoked a lively reaction [RUS] among bloggers. One of the reasons for it is that the majority of Russian Newsweek's staff had blogs. Photomans posts [RUS]...

18 October 2010

Russia: Review of Online Record Labels

RuNet Echo

Habrahabr-user frony posts [RUS] a review of Russian indie netlabels, online record labels that publish songs with Creative Commons license. Genres include hip-hop, alternative, as well as classical music.

13 October 2010

Russia: Bloggers Meet With Iranian Ambassador, Avoid Sensitive Topics

RuNet Echo

The meeting of Russia's top-bloggers with the Iranian Ambassador in Moscow three days after Hossein Derakhshan had been sentenced to 19.5 years of imprisonment for "anti-government propaganda" highlighted the clumsy attempts of the Iranian online diplomacy in Russia. It also showed commercialization and excessive cynicism of some of the popular Russian bloggers.

7 October 2010