[Chapter-delegates] Wikipedia in Russian will be closed on 10th of July

[Anna Karakhanyan]

Wikipedia in Russian will be closed on 10th of July because of Russian 
parliament’s debating of amendments to the law «About information» that 
could create real censorship of the internet — a blacklisting and 
filtering of internet sites.

Supporters of the law’s proposition say that it is aimed only at widely 
prohibited content such as child pornography and «information like 
this», but conditions for determining the content falls under this law 
will create a thing like the «great Chinese firewall». The existing 
Russian law’s practice shows the high possibility of the worst scenatio, 
in which access to Wikipedia soon will be closed in all country.

On July 11 will be held the second reading of the law in the State Duma. 
The law will come into force after the third reading, which date isn’t 
set yet.

Anna Karakhanyan
ISOC AM