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November 20th, 2009

Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Development

Alexey Sidorenko · 22:35 · Eastern & Central Europe

On November 10, activists held a rally calling for broadband Internet and protesting against Internet provider monopoly in the township of Kraskovo (Moscow region, 10 km from the Moscow beltroad). This is the first known case of a protest dedicated to the defense of the Internet rights in Russia. The event also raised the issue of the overregulatedness of the process of Internet providing in the country. 0 comments · read »

Eastern & Central Europe

There are 15 million Web sites in the Russian segment of the Internet. They account for 6,5 percent of all Web sites available online. An average Russian Web site contains 255 pages, 159 thousand words, and 204 images. These facts were revealed in the latest research “The Runet Content” by Yandex [RUS].

November 18th, 2009

Eastern & Central Europe

Fifty one percent of young Russians (ages 16 - 24) consider the Internet a reliable source of information. This makes the Internet the second most trustworthy source after TV among the youth. This and other findings are available in a newly published report [RUS] by the Public Opinion Foundation.

November 12th, 2009

Eastern & Central Europe

The Daily Telegraph published an article “Social-media and networking websites booming in Russia” [ENG] by Denis Terekhov, one of the marketing specialists in Russian social networks.

November 11th, 2009

Eastern & Central Europe

Russian landscapes from the board of a small plane. LJ-user Makarena [RUS] shared some breathtaking photos here.

November 10th, 2009

Eastern & Central Europe

Several dozens of people gathered in Moscow for a 7-minute flashmob called “USB global connect.” Each person held a USB cable to “connect” to the other one. Photos of the event were captured by lj-user ottenki_serogo [RUS] and published here [RUS].