An observer who recorded violations in a Moscow-region local election has been hospitalized with a ruptured spleen after being attacked by a group of men, a news report said.
Stanislav Pozdnyakov was watching an election last weekend in the Moscow region city of Balashikha when he claimed to have witnessed ballet-box stuffing, the OVD Info news site reported Sunday.
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Monday, May 4, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Russia ponders introduction of right-to-be-forgotten web law
A new law allowing internet users to demand their personal data is erased from the web, has been proposed by Russian presidential aide Igor Shchyogolev. He added that online users have the right to be “forgotten” after browsing.
Shchyogolev wants to widen the legal meaning of “personal information” which currently only includes the user’s full name, location and online ID. He described personal data as “the oil of the internet economy” and said that companies were not only collecting basic facts, but all sorts of details, which could tell a lot about one’s personal activities, private interests and life views.
“Citizens must be able to use the right to be forgotten,” Shchyogolev told senior officials from state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor."
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Shchyogolev wants to widen the legal meaning of “personal information” which currently only includes the user’s full name, location and online ID. He described personal data as “the oil of the internet economy” and said that companies were not only collecting basic facts, but all sorts of details, which could tell a lot about one’s personal activities, private interests and life views.
“Citizens must be able to use the right to be forgotten,” Shchyogolev told senior officials from state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor."
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Russian public movement seeks 'anti-troll' police, fines for fake accounts
A Russian public movement has addressed the Interior Minister and lawmakers with a request to set up a special cyber-police unit that would prosecute internet users for threats, insults or creating fake accounts.
The group is named “For Security” and its leader, Dmitry Kurdesov, has told the popular Russian daily Izvestia that he is seeking not only a dedicated police force that would fight “internet trolls” but also a legislative basis that would allow punishment for online misbehavior.
In particular, activists want to introduce a new article to the Administrative Code that would order fines of 500 to 2,000 rubles ($10-$40) for creating a social network account under another person’s name.
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The group is named “For Security” and its leader, Dmitry Kurdesov, has told the popular Russian daily Izvestia that he is seeking not only a dedicated police force that would fight “internet trolls” but also a legislative basis that would allow punishment for online misbehavior.
In particular, activists want to introduce a new article to the Administrative Code that would order fines of 500 to 2,000 rubles ($10-$40) for creating a social network account under another person’s name.
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Israel angry as Russia approves missiles for Iran
Vladimir Putin lifted a ban on deliveries of Russian S-300 air-defense missiles to Iran on Monday, in a controversial move which angered Israel.
The Russian president issued an executive order cancelling a prohibition on exporting the weapon to Tehran, a measure brought in under Western pressure in 2010 when the UN introduced an arms embargo.
Israel responded sharply to the lifting of the ban. Yuval Steinitz, the intelligence and international relations minister, said it was “a direct result of the legitimacy that Iran is receiving from the nuclear deal that is being prepared, and proof that the Iranian economic growth which follows the lifting of sanctions will be exploited for arming itself and not for the welfare of the Iranian people".
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The Russian president issued an executive order cancelling a prohibition on exporting the weapon to Tehran, a measure brought in under Western pressure in 2010 when the UN introduced an arms embargo.
Israel responded sharply to the lifting of the ban. Yuval Steinitz, the intelligence and international relations minister, said it was “a direct result of the legitimacy that Iran is receiving from the nuclear deal that is being prepared, and proof that the Iranian economic growth which follows the lifting of sanctions will be exploited for arming itself and not for the welfare of the Iranian people".
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