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The Irrepressible Rise of the Runet

... established over the internet in order to prevent instability.8 As of August 2014, bloggers with a readership of over three thousand must register with the media oversight agency Roskomnadzor.9 The government also employs mass surveillance of online communications. However, it is important to place Russian internet laws in perspective; before 2012 the Runet was remarkably free of control, and new laws being established are not significantly more concerning than the mass-data collection and online ...

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02.09.2014 15:07:00

The Good Heart but Bad Looks of Russian IDA in Central Asia

Let us consider Central Asia. There are currently three primary concerns in the region as of 2014: drug trafficking, Islamist terrorism, and poverty. The three problems are, of course, inextricable -- the first funds the second, and the third inspires the former two. The prominence of these factors fluctuates on a state by state basis, generally due to the various levels of efficiency and strength of the ruling administrations. It is worth noting, however, that the presence of these three primary...

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27.08.2014 12:32:00

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