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The future of Russia's i-curtain

Published on: 11 February 2013

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Hot on the heels of a new law establishing a register of forbidden sites, Russian authorities are now promoting a...

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RuNet: Russia on the Chinese road?

Published on: 20 November 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

A new internet law came into effect in Russia this month. Ostensibly designed to tackle extremist websites, the list...

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Big Brother, little drones – protestors beware

Published on: 23 July 2012

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Russia’s police are starting to use unmanned drones much more often for monitoring street protest rallies, Irina...

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What force (and forces) can the Kremlin use against the opposition?

Published on: 11 June 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

The Kremlin’s nervous reaction to May’s ‘March of the Millions’ on Bolotnaya Square, and uncertainty around a...

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A near doubling in Russian wiretaps over five years – and that’s only the legal stuff!

Published on: 1 June 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

In a previous article, Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov asked who was bugging the Russian opposition. Here they...

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The Kremlin and the hackers: partners in crime?

Published on: 25 April 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

The recent Russian parliamentary and presidential elections were notable for the wide use of cyber attacks on the...

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The Kremlin versus the bloggers: the battle for cyberspace

Published on: 27 March 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

The Russian authorities became aware of the power of social media late, but have since been making up for lost time...

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Just business: how Russian technology provides the eyes and ears for the world’s Big Brothers

Published on: 25 January 2012

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

In December 2011, Wikileaks released ‘Spy Files’, a project revealing details of the burgeoning surveillance and...

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The Police International vs Russia’s football fans

Published on: 5 January 2012

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

As Russia’s largest and best organised ‘horizontal’ community in Russia, football fans have found themselves at the...

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A face in the crowd: the FSB is watching you!

Published on: 15 November 2011

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

President Medvedev has made much of Russia’s need for modernisation and advanced technology. One project piloted in...

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The Russian state and surveillance technology

Published on: 25 October 2011

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

The Russian blogosphere has burgeoned into a open-door sanctuary for all strands of political opinion. Predictably,...

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The end of anonymity: introducing Project_ID

Published on: 25 October 2011

Written by: Irina Borogan All articles by Irina Borogan

Written by: Andrei Soldatov All articles by Andrei Soldatov

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