Contents tagged with Russia block Wikipedia
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Ukraine's fist president Kravchuk speaks of attempt to assassinate Yanukovych
Ukraine’s first president Leonid Kravchuk told Strana.ua news outlet in an interview that he was informed of plans to assassinate Ukraine’s fourth president, Viktor Yanukovych.
Kravchuk said that, before the developments at the Maidan in Kyiv, he received an anonymous phone call in which he was told that Yanukovych’s assassination was being planned. The caller also said that a certain “Ceauşescu group” intended to handle Yanukovych the way former Romanian president Nicolae Ceauşescu had been …
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Russia threatens to block Wikipedia
Russian authorities are threatening to block access to Wikipedia.org.
According to the statement issued by the Russian Government Regulatory agency Wikipedia has been requested to remove certain content from their web site.
Gazeta.ru reports that the administration of Wikipedia have refused to fulfil these demands.
“Wikipedia is a free Universal Encyclopedia. It has information on majority of the world phenomena including narcotic and psychotropic substances.
When publishing articled the …