Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that Wikipedia be replaced with a Russian version seems like a patriotic attempt to promote Russian scholarship. It also offers a reminder of the way that limited access to information has historically contributed to tension between Russia and the U.S.
Speaking to the Russian Language Council at a Kremlin meeting November 5, Putin said of Wikipedia, “It would be better to replace it with the Big Russian New Encyclopaedia in electronic form,”The key words are “replace” and “reliable”.will be designed to be consulted instead of Wikipedia, not as well as.“Reliable” seems innocuous enough.
allowing the country to be cut off from the internet , critics may start to wonder if that could mean promoting a single, government-friendly, interpretation of events.. Wikipedia, referring to Alexa Internet rankings, says that its Russian version has tended to be the most visited after its English site.
The Russian plans for a replacement are not completely new. Ria Novosti pointed out that in September 1.7 billion roubles had been budgeted for Russia’s answer to the world’s biggest online encyclopaedia. The project is to have the support of the editors of the
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