Russia needs its own analogue of Wikipedia, in which only proven material will be published, declaration Nikita Danyuk, Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Forecasts at RUDN University, in an interview with Reedus, commented on the recent fine of 800 thousand rubles on the site for refusing to remove materials about the extremist composition of the Psyche group. in the Russian Federation. According to the expert, the online encyclopedia was definitely punished fairly. He also stressed that the time has come for Western online platforms to realize that it is impossible to ignore Roskomnadzor’s wishes.
“At the same time, despite the arrogant attitude of foreign IT companies, Roskomnadzor is trying to establish a constructive dialogue with them. “The regulator doesn’t want to fine anyone, hinder anyone, but fines and other measures are of course inevitable if Western digital companies don’t want to engage in dialogue and are deliberately violating the law.”
He added that Russians today need objective information to form a multilateral picture of the world.
This is not the first time the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns the Russian Wikipedia, has been penalized. February 28 Moscow court fine 2 million rubles for refusing to remove publications about three military units of the Russian Armed Forces.