Siân Sinnott
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Translator: mostly translate for Global Voices in Spanish (Spanish to English) and occasionally translate Russian posts to English for GV English. Currently doing a Master's degree in International Development and am a graduate in Modern Languages (French, Russian and Spanish). Last year I worked as a ‘lectrice' in a French university and I've spent periods of time (teaching or studying) in Mexico, Russia, the Dominican Republic. I volunteer for Supporting Guasa an NGO which does educational projects in the Dominican Republic which involves blogging, planning and teaching the projects as well as helping with general implementation.
Latest posts by Siân Sinnott
15 May 2012
Russia: Website Appears Publishing Civil Servants' Incomes
The project "Public Profit" was established so that anyone interested could access information about the salaries of civil servants and state deputies. The information is compiled using public records and disclosed in accordance with Russian law. The published data are often surprising.
13 January 2012
16 June 2011
Russia: Ministry's Online Blunders
Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has recently started to mobilise on the Internet and in the past weeks two important events have taken place in the Internet world which have drawn attention to Ministry's activities.
24 May 2011
Russia: Attack Survivor Journalist Oleg Kashin on Internet Freedom
Oleg Kashin, special correspondent for the newspaper Kommersant and well-known blogger, was brutally beaten near his home in November 2010. A video recording of the attack was subsequently published on the Internet. Global Voices interviews Kashin.
18 April 2011
Russia: Bloggers Stop FSB Initiative To Ban Skype
It was just a stroke of luck that on Friday, April 8, 2011, LiveJournal did actually work; before and after this date it would constantly “crash” or “die” due to hacker attacks for periods ranging from several hours to half a day. But on this particular Friday it worked, and it’s possible that this saved the Russian Internet and all its users from yet another prohibitive initiative from the FSB (Federal Security Service). At least for the time being.
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