Briefly: Stanislav Kozlovsky, the director of Russian Wikimedia project (which supports the Russian Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.), has been declared a “foreign agent” by Russia. He has been forced to resign from his job at the Moscow State University. Following the event, Russian Wikimedia has decided to dissolve itself.

English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikipedia_Signpost%2F2023-12-24%2FIn_focus

Russian: https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Ликвидация_Викимедиа_РУ

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    … unfortunate, but his own safety has to come first for him. Maybe just don’t travel to Russia in the first place though.

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          10 months ago

          The privileged Russians, you mean. I know a few people in Russia, good people, that have no prospects of ever getting out.

          Being able to pick a country to reside in is a privilege most people can’t afford, and that’s before you factor in only 5% of Russians can speak English and that’s makes up 80% of the foreign language speakers in Russia and you’ve got yourself a very immobile population.

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            10 months ago

            There’s a lot of less resourceful russian men who fled to escape the draft as well, generally to countries in Western Asia rather than in Europe. But they had better reasons to leave then most.

            • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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              10 months ago

              Really?

              Indeed. He’s the director of a Russian foundation, teaches at a Russian university, and is being legally bullied by Russia, as you can see from my three-sentence summary. I’m pretty sure you can’t do all that from Portugal or something.

              I think he very much should have thought of himself as one. His mistake.

              He should’ve thought of himself as not currently able to travel to Russia?

              Ok, lol.

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                10 months ago

                Yes. If you are a Russian willing to say anything but what Putin permits, you should not travel to Russia. Putin has more say over what happens in Russia than other Russians do.

                You may fall out of a window.

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                  10 months ago

                  No no, please don’t get out of that armchair to pick up a book or something. It’s fine to spout nonsense like nonsense like a delirious old man who forgot his medication.