The Russian authorities came out with two new categories of websites be banned in May: on manufacturing explosive devices and bribery. If the first could reflect the reaction of the authorities to the Boston bombings, the letter surely mirrors the problems of the society in Russia.

Extremism

The Prosecutor in the Sverdlovsk Region Demands Restrictions on Access to a Hizb ut-Tahrir Web Site.

On 27 May 2013, the Sverdlovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the Prigorodny District Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim against the local branch of the Internet provider Rostelecom demanding that the Web site containing Hizb ut-Tahrir materials be blocked.

A Prosecutor’s Office Succeeded in Blocking Three Web Sites

On May 28, 2013, it was reported that Ykhta City Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit against four largest Internet providers in the region: GSP, Maxim, Rostelecom, and SeverTransTeleCom. The plaintiff demanded that providers limit access to three sites, which contained materials aimed at propaganda of war and incitement to racial or religious hatred. The court granted the claim.

A Khabarovsk Court Blocks Access to a Web Site for Publishing an Extremist Film

At the end of May 2013, it became known that the Kirov District Prosecutor’s Office of Khabarovsk had filed a claim in the Central District Court against the Internet provider TransTelecom-DV, requesting restrictions on access to the Web site http://www.u-tube.ru for posting The Eternal Jew video. The video is included on the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The court granted the Prosecutor's Office request. 

Samara Prosecutors Demand Restrictions on Hizb ut-Tahrir Web Sites

On May 30, 2013, the Samara Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the Samara City Prosecutor's Office filed 26 claims against local ISPs with the Oktyabrsky District Federal Court. The Prosecutor’s Office demands that two Hizb ut-Tahrir sites be blocked. 

At the Prosecutor’s Office Request Access to the Web Site That Published Hitler's Book Was Blocked in the Mari El Republic

On May 21, 2013, the Yoshkar-Ola City Court upheld the claims of the Republican Prosecutor’s Office seeking to limit access to a Web site with extremist material.

By the court decision, the branch of the Internet provider Mobilnye TeleSystemy were ordered to block the Web site that published the books Mein Kampf by Hitler and Desionizatsiya by V.Emelyanov, as well as the Eternal Jew video and the leaflets of Wehrmacht, the Russian Liberation Army (Russkaia Osvoboditel’naia Armiia, ROA), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Ukrainskaia Povstancheskaia Armiia, UPA) and some other Nazi units. All of these materials were legally recognized as extremist.

Access to Extremist Web Sites Is Blocked in the Kurgan Region

On 22 May 2013, the Kurgan Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Belozersky District Prosecutor’s Office filed a court claim against the local branch of the Internet provider Rostelecom seeking to limit access to a Web site. In the course of a prosecutorial inspection it had been found that the site featured publications included on the Federal List of Extremist Materials, which contained calls to terrorist activity and the incitement of hatred. The court granted the request of the Prosecutor’s Office. The decision has entered into force.

A Court in the Ulyanovsk Region ordered ISPs to Block Access to Web Sites with Extremist Materials

On May 22, 2013, it was reported that Barishsky District Prosecutor’s Office of the Ulyanovsk Region initiated a lawsuit against the regional branch of the Internet provider Rostelecom, demanding restrictions on access to several sites.

A prosecutorial inspection identified the publicly accessible websites circassia.forumieren, ansardin.wordpress, angusht, shamilonline and other sites that publish materials containing propaganda of inferiority of citizens on the basis of their nationality and religion. The court granted the claim in full.

At the Request of Prosecutors, a Web Site with Nazi Memorabilia Is Blocked in Kirov

On May 8, 2013, the Kirov Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the court granted the claim of the Kirov Prosecutor’s Office, which requested that the local branch of the Internet provider MTS block access to the Web site that sold the Nazi Germany awards. The court's decision has entered into force. 

A Provider Blocked the Kavkaz-Center Web Site in the Moscow Region after the Involvement of the Prosecutor’s Office

On May 17, 2013, it became known that the Pushkino City Prosecutor’s Office of Moscow Region, based on the results of its audit of the ISP compliance with the legislation on combating extremist activity, issued a motion to eliminate violations addressed to the administration of the Internet provider Vintem-Telecom. The audit revealed that the provider failed to restrict access to the Kavkaz-Center website. As a result of the measures taken thereof, the responsible parties faced disciplinary charges; access to the Web site has been restricted.

At the Request of Prosecutors, the Internet Provider Blocked a Web Site with Extremist Literature in the Moscow Region

On May 24, 2013, the Moscow Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced that the Shakhovsky District Prosecutor’s Office filed a court claim seeking to block access to the Web site that contained extremist materials. The Internet provider Tekhnologii Domovykh Setei + voluntarily complied with the request of the Prosecutor’s Office. The case has been dismissed.

The Murmansk City Prosecutor’s Office Demands Restrictions on Access to Extremist Materials

On May 14, 2013, it became known that the Murmansk City Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim with the Oktyabrskii Court of Murmansk demanding that the regional branch of the Internet provider Rostelecom  restrict user access to the websites with extremist materials.

According to a previously conducted inspection, the Internet subscribers in the cities of Snezhnogorsk, Gadzhievo and Polarny had access to films, articles and leaflets inciting violence based on ethnic and religious principles and calling for participation in extremist organizations. 

Education and schools, public areas

The Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office Finds Faults in the Educational Center Content Filtering System

On May 31, 2013, the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that a number of irregularities had been found in the course of an inspection of Science. Education. Profession center of continuing education. In particular, the content filtering system, installed on the instructional computers, failed to restrict access to websites with information harmful to children. The Prosecutor's Office issued a motion to eliminate violations of the law addressed to the Head of the Center.

District Prosecutors Filed a Lawsuit against the Owner of a Computer Lounge in the Lipetsk Region

On May 20, 2013, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Lipetsk Region reported that visitors to the ENERGY computer lounge in the town of Chaplygin, despite the installed content filters,

 had access to extremist materials and to Web sites that advertised smoking mixtures and illegal substances. The District Prosecutor’s Office initiated a lawsuit against the owner of the lounge under Part 2 of the Administrative Code Article 6.17 (violation of Russian legislation on protecting children from information harmful to their health and (or) development). The case was referred to the magistrate's court.

Prosecutors Demanded That the Owner of the Computer Lounge Block Access to Extremist Materials in the Altai Republic

On May 22, 2013, it was reported that the Ust-Kan District Prosecutor’s Office of the Altai Republic filed a lawsuit against the computer lounge owner E. Kuldin.

A prosecutorial inspection found that the computers in the lounge provided access to Web sites containing extremist material in violation of the legislation on protecting children from information harmful to their health and development. The Prosecutor’s Office demanded that the owner eliminate the violation. The court granted the request of the Prosecutor’s Office.

Prosecutors Demanded that the Rector of the University Keep Students Away from Prohibited Web Sites

On May 23, 2013, it was reported that the Kemerovo Regional Prosecutor’s Office had found that visitors to the electronic reading room of the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts (Kemerovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet kul’tury i iskusstva, KemGUKI) had access to banned Web sites, in particular, to the sites that contained materials inciting hatred on ethnic grounds. A motion to eliminate the violations of the law was sent to the Rector of KemGUKI.

The Rostov Regional Prosecutor’s Office Shielded College Students from Extremism

On May 23, 2013, the Rostov Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that students of the Gukovsky branch of Academician P. Stepanov Shakhtinskii Regional College of Fuel and Energy (Shakhtinskii regionalnyi kolledzh topliva i energetiki imeni akademika P. Stepanova) had access to extremist texts, video and audio materials via computers installed in its library and the computer laboratory.

The Prosecutor’s Office went to court demanding that the College administration install content filters. The administration complied with the prosecutorial request.

Prosecutors Seek to Protect School Children from Harmful Information in the Nizhny Novgorod Region

On May 23, 2013, it was reported that the Knyagininskii District Prosecutor’s Office of Nizhny Novgorod region discovered that students of Knyaginino Secondary Schools No. 1 and No. 2, and students of the Vozrozhdenie Secondary School were able to access Web sites with undesirable information via their school computers. The Internet filters were not installed on the school computers causing students to have access to "information that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the educational process, and detrimental to the moral and spiritual development of minors." Based on the audit results, four motions to eliminate the violations were issued.

The Tuymazinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office Demands That Providers Install Content Filters in Educational Institutions and a Library

On May 11, 2013, it was announced that the Tuymazinsky Interdistrict Prosecutor's Office issued a motion about legal violations addressed to the Administration of the Inter-settlement Central Library, a branch of the Ufa State Aviation Technical University (Ufimskii gosudarstvennyi aviatsionnyi tekhnicheskii universitet), a medical college and a college of education. The Prosecutor's Office demands that content filtering systems be installed.

An audit had revealed that students and readers had access to sites containing extremist information, pornographic materials and information on smoking blends.

The Salekhard City Prosecutor’s Office Protected Students from Harmful Information

On May 24, 2013, it was reported that the Salekhard City Prosecutor’s Office in the course of an audit found that, despite the existing content filters, students of the city's schools No. 2 and No. 4, Gymnasium No. 1, the Secondary School with In-depth Study of Several Subjects and the Yamal Polar Agro-Economic Technical School had access to sites with harmful information. Specifically, Web sites with obscene language, pornography, violence, and anti-Semitic material were found to be publicly accessible.

Based on the results of the audit, the Prosecutor’s Office issued five motions addressed to the administration of the educational institutions. The prosecutorial demands have been met; the violations have been eliminated.

A Prosecutor Demands that School Children Be Protected from Smoking Blends Ads

On 23 May 2013, the Kurgan Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that students of the Kislyansk Secondary School and three other schools in Yurgamyshsky District had access to the Web sites that advertized smoking blends. The District Prosecutor issued motions to the schools’ administrators demanding that they eliminate the detected violations and bring charges against the responsible parties.

Langepas Prosecutors Seek to Shield Students from Online Extremism

On May 23, 2013, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District Prosecutor’s Office reported that the prosecutorial audit in Langepas had found that, despite content filters installed in the computer labs, students in the majority of the city schools had unfettered access to Web sites containing extremist materials.

Based on the results of the audit, the Langepas Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim against the administration of several schools demanding restrictions on student access to these dangerous Web sites.

A Prosecutor’s Office is Concerned about Access of Nizhny Novgorod Students to Web Sites with Information on Illegal Drugs

On May 13, 2013, it became known that the prosecutorial audit had revealed a number of violations in School No. 3 and School No. 14 of Nizhny Novgorod. In particular, students could access Web sites with information on illegal drug use. The Prosecutor’s Office initiated administrative cases, related to the violations of the laws.

Gambling and online casinos

A Samara Court Issued a Decision to Block Gambling Sites

On May 27, 2013, the Kirovsky District Court of Samara granted five claims of the District Prosecutor and ordered to restrict access to a number of gambling web sites. The court's decision pertains to the Internet providers located on the territory of the Kirov District or providing telecommunications services in the Region. 

Belgorod Prosecutors Fight against Gambling

On May 30, 2013, the Belgorod Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the prosecutorial audit had identified unfettered access to gambling web sites in the agricultural vocational school of the Krasnogvardeisky District and in two secondary schools of Chernyansky District.

Based on the results of the audit, the Prosecutor's Office filed claims in courts in order to block these sites. The heads of the educational institutions received the motions to eliminate the violations of the law. 

An Online Casino Is Blocked in the Orenburg Region

On May 30, 2013, it became known that the Sorochinsk Prosecutor's Office in the Orenburg Region discovered that users of an Internet Club had access to a virtual casino Web site. The Prosecutors Office filed court claims in order to close down the Internet Club and block the online casino. The Leninsky District Court granted the claim.

219 Gambling Web Sites Were Banned in St. Petersburg,

On May 31, 2013, The St. Petersburg City Prosecutor's Office reported that the Oktyabrsky District Court granted the City Prosecutor's claim and banned 219 gambling Web sites.

MGER Decided to Participate in Website Blocking

On May 31, 2013, it was reported that that the Young Guard of United Russia (Molodaia Gvardiia Edinoi Rossii, MGER) had developed a special system to immediately block a large group of Web sites with inappropriate content, according to parameters provided. The launch of the search program that identifies web sites on suicide, drugs, child pornography and terrorist activity is expected in late June. Once the targeted sites are found, the program will automatically notify Roscomnadzor and the Ministry of Justice.

A Court Order Blocked Online Casinos in Samara,

On May 21, 2013, the Kirov District Court of Samara granted 10 claims of the District Prosecutor’s Office seeking to block gambling Web sites. The court's decision applies to service providers who are located in the district or provide internet connection in the region.

Sergei Mavrodi’s Web Sites Are Blocked in Omsk

On May 22, 2013, it was reported that, upon request from the Prosecutor’s Office, two Omsk providers restricted access to the Web sites “MMM-2011” and “MMM-2012”.

Earlier, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Soviet district had filed a lawsuit against the KOMMED-Info company, demanding that the provider block the financial pyramid scheme’s web site. The provider voluntarily complied with the request of the Prosecutor’s Office; the case was dismissed. The Leninsky District Prosecutor's Office in Omsk filed a similar claim against the IP Eremenko. The court granted the claim of the Prosecutor’s Office.

 Online Casinos Were Blocked at the Request of the Petrozavodsk Prosecutor’s Office

On May 16, 2013, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Karelia reported that Petrozavodsk City Prosecutor’s Office filed a court claim seeking to limit access to Web sites with gambling in Petrozavodsk and Sortavala. The Internet provider complied with the the Prosecutor’s Office request prior to adjudication.

Access to 56 Gambling Web Sites Were Blocked In Ivanovo

On May 16, 2013, the Ivanovo Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Frunzensky District Prosecutor’s Office of Ivanovo, on the basis of its audit results, submitted court claims against 11 Internet providers. The prosecutors demanded restrictions on access to 56 gambling Web sites. The providers voluntarily complied with the requests of the Prosecutor’s Office. 

Prosecutor’s Office Succeeded in Blocking the MMM Web Sites in the Ulyanovsk Region

On May 16, 2013, it was reported that Novomalyklinsky District Prosecutor’s Office of Ulyanovsk region went to court demanding restrictions on access to Web sites of the MMM financial pyramid scheme (sergey-mavrodi.com, mavrodi-mmm-2011, sergey-mavrodi.ms). The court granted the claims of the Prosecutor’s Office. Access to the sites has been blocked.

A Court Blocked Access to Online Casinos in Samara

On May 6, 2013, the Kirov District Court of Samara granted four claims of the Kirov District Prosecutor’s Office aimed at restricting access to gambling Web sites. The court ordered the ISPs to restrict access to these sites.

The “MMM-2012” Web Site is Blocked at the Prosecutor’s Office Request in Ivanovo

On May 23, 2013, the Ivanovo Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Frunzensky District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Ivanovo had filed a lawsuit against the Internet provider V. Lenin Ivanovo State Energy University (Ivanovskii gosudarstvennyi energeticheskii universitet im. V. I. Lenina). The Prosecutor’s Office demanded restrictions on access to the “MMM-2012” site. The Provider complied with the requirements of the prosecution prior to adjudication.

The Nizhnevartovsk Prosecutor's Office Succeeded in Blocking Gambling Web Sites

On May 15, 2013,  the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Nizhnevartovsk City Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim with the City Court demanding that the Internet provider Metroset limit access to a number of gambling Web sites.

The Provider complied with the prosecutorial demands prior to the court decision.

Access to Gambling Web sites and Sites Advertising MMM Are Blocked in the Krasnoyarsk Region

On May 14, 2013, it was reported that the Krasnoyarsk Regional Prosecutor's Office had issued several motions to the Internet providers regarding access to gambling Web sites and Web sites advertising the “MMM-2012” pyramid scheme. In compliance with the prosecutorial request, the Internet providers Right Side + and Orion Telecom blocked access to eight sites. There was no court judgment in this case.

Rostelecom Blocked Online Poker Web Sites

On May 17, 2013, it was reported that some of the largest poker Web sites had been added to the Register of Banned Sites. The Internet provider Rostelecom kept PokerStars, FullTiltPoker, PartyPoker, and several other sites blocked for several hours.

A Samara Court Limited Access to Gambling Web Sites

On May 15, 2013, the Samara District Prosecutor's Office reported that, on 29 April 2013, the Kirov District Court of Samara granted 5 claims for blocking access to gambling Web sites. The court's decision applies to the Internet service providers located on the territory of the Kirov district or providing Internet connection services in the region.

Bomb making

The Chechnya Republican Prosecutor's Office Demands that Two Web Sites with Information on Manufacturing Explosives Be Blocked

On May 29, 2013, it was reported that the Chechen Republic Prosecutor's Office had filed a two claims against the Internet provider Vainakh Telecom. The prosecutors demand restrictions on access to two sites that contain description of the technology and instructions for making nitroglycerin and cyclonite at home. 

A Prosecutor's Office Succeeded in Blocking Web Sites with Bomb-making Instructions in Bryansk

On May 20, 2013, the Bryansk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the Volodarsky District Prosecutor's Office had succeeded in blocking a number of Web sites that inform the users about the ways to make explosive devices.

This Prosecutor’s Office, back in 2011, filed a claim with the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Ryazan against the Internet provider Svyaztransneft demanding termination of access to such Web sites, but the court dismissed the claim. The Volodarsky District Prosecutor's Office appealed the decision, but, once again, its claim was rejected.

Subsequently, the General Prosecutor's Office sent a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing that the courts of first and second instance have ruled with violations. The Supreme Court sent the case back to the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Ryazan for a new trial. In the course of the trial, the provider agreed to block the sites, and the lawsuit was withdrawn.

The Kirov City Prosecutor’s Office Demands Restrictions on Access to Web Sites That Contain Instructions on Making Explosives

On May 20, 2013, the Kirov City Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim with the Pervomaisky District Court requesting that access to the Web sites containing information about the manufacture of home-explosives and explosive devices be blocked. These sites had been identified as publicly accessible in the course of a prosecutorial audit.

The Biysk City Prosecutor’s Office Seeks to Block the Web Site

On May 22, 2013, it was reported that the Biysk City Prosecutor’s Office filed four claims with the City Court against the Internet providers requesting restrictions on access to a Web site that described the process of making an improvised explosive device.

Prosecutors in the Stavropol Region Demand that Web Sites with Information on Weapons Manufacturing Be Recognized as Extremist

On May 8, 2013, the Stavropol Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Prosecutor’s Offices of Alexandrovsky, Kochubeevsky, Kursky, Neftekumsky, and Sovetsky Districts, the City Prosecutor’s Offices of Essentuky and Kislovodsk, and the Prosecutor’s Offices of Promyshlennyi and Oktyabrsky Districts of Stavropol, in the course of their audit, had identified a number of websites with information about home manufacturing of weapons.

Based on the results of the inspection, the Prosecutor’s Offices filed over 20 court claims seeking to recognize the materials contained on these Web sites as extremist and to restrict access to the sites.

The Chechnya Republican Prosecutor’s Office Demands Restrictions on Access to Web Sites That Contain Information on Manufacturing Explosives

On May 17, 2013, the Chechnya Republican Prosecutor’s Office announced that two court claims had been filed against Vainakh Telecom demanding that the Internet provider limit access to Web sites with instructions on home manufacturing nitroglycerin and cyclonite. The lawsuits are pending.

The Chechnya Republican Prosecutor’s Office Seeks to Block the Web Site with Information on Manufacturing an Explosive Device

On April 29, 2013, the Chechnya Republican Prosecutor’s Office filed two court claims against the Internet provider Vainakh Telecom. According to the prosecutors, the ISP provides access to two Web sites that contain instructions for making explosive devices. The prosecutors demand that the provider be ordered to block the sites.

Drugs

Websites That Promote Illegal Drugs Were Blocked in Ufa

On May 15, 2013, it was reported that the Kirov District Prosecutor's Office of Ufa, in the course of an audit, identified 10 publicly accessible Web sites with information about the manufacture and sale of illegal drugs.

Based on the audit results, the Prosecutor's Office filed 30 court claims against the Internet providers TTK-Center, BashTelekomServis, and Cellular Bashkortostan demanding restrictions on access to these sites. The court granted the claims of the Prosecutor’s Office. The decision has entered into force.

The Government of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Seeks to Block Web Sites That Promote Illegal Drugs

On May 24, 2013, during the law and order coordination meeting Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Dmitry Kobylkin instructed the relevant departments of the regional government to establish cooperation with Internet service providers. This cooperation should be aimed at blocking Web sites involved in drug distribution. 

Bribery

Prosecutors Demand Restrictions on Access to Web Sites on Bribery in the Samara Region

On May 30, 2013, the Samara Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the Novokuibyshevsk City Prosecutor’s Office had submitted 12 court claims demanding access restrictions on the Web sites that posted information on methods of giving a bribe.

Web Sites on Bribery Were Blocked by the Court Decision in Ulyanovsk

On May 24, 2013, it became known that the court granted the petition of the Ulyanovsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office to block the sites that provided information about methods of bribery and evasion of responsibility. The sites in question are cripo.com, glavnoe, aloepole, krasjob, daslife, scandalim, bbcont, homearchive, tvoemnenie, posovesti and a few more.

A Court Blocked Access to the Web Sites on Bribery on the Yamal Peninsula

On May 16, 2013, it was announced that the Salekhard City Court granted the petition of the Muravlenko City Prosecutor's Office and ordered Rostelecom to restrict access to several Web sites with information on methods of giving a bribe. An earlier prosecutorial audit had identified these sites as publicly assessable.

Prosecutors Demand Restrictions on Access to Web Sites on Bribery in Kogalym

On May 7, 2013, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Kogalym City Prosecutors Office had filed a court claim demanding that the regional branch of Rostelecom and the Internet provider Intermir block access to several Web sites. The prosecutorial inspection had found information on methods of giving a bribe on these Web sites. 

And the rest…

A Court Decision Blocks Web Sites with Information about Illegal Drugs in the Saratov Region

On May 29, 2013, it was reported that the Kirovsky District Prosecutor’s Office of the Saratov Region filed a lawsuit demanding that the Internet Provider Fannet-Telecom limit access to multiple Web sites that published information on the manufacture and sale of illegal drugs.

The court granted the petition of the Prosecutor’s Office.

A Court Banned the “Doghunter” Site in the Sverdlovsk Region

On 30 May 2013, the Sverdlovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that the Sukhoi Log City Court had granted the claim of the City Prosecutor's Office against the Internet provider Uralskiie Seti. The Prosecutor’s Office requested restrictions on access to the Vreditelyam.net Web site organized by “doghunters” (volunteer exterminators of dogs).

The materials on this website have been recognized as banned for distribution. The decision by the Sukhoi Log City Court was forwarded to the Ural Federal District Office of Roscomnadzor in order to add the site to the Unified Register of Banned Sites.

A Web Site Selling Stationery with the State Coat of Arms is Blocked at the Request of the Prosecutor’s Office in Tolyatti

On May 14, 2013, it was reported that the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, assisted by the Prosecutor’s Offices of the Samara Region, Moscow and St. Petersburg, reviewed the facts of illegal use of the national coat of arms.

The audit revealed a Web Site of a Tolyatti woman entrepreneur, who traded in stationery and stamps with the image of the Russian coat of arms.

Based on the audit results, the Tolyatti City Prosecutor’s Office filed a claim with the Tsentralnyi District Federal Court of Tolyatti demanding that the state coat of arms be removed from the site and that the entrepreneur stop the trade in products featuring the coat of arms.

The head of the ISP received a motion to eliminate violations. At the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, the provider has restricted access to the site.

 

Dreamwidth.org Was Blacklisted

On May 8, 2013, it was reported that a number of providers blocked access to the portal dreamwidth.org whose IP-address was included in the Register of Banned Sites. The inclusion was triggered by a post about a method of suicide (pistol to the temple) in one of the blogs.

A Yamal Court Ordered the Internet Provider to Block Diploma-Selling Web Sites

On 24 May 2013, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Prosecutor’s Office reported that the Salekhard City Court granted the claim of the Muravlenko City Prosecutor’s Office against the local branch of the Internet provider Rostelecom. The Prosecutors Office demanded restrictions on access to Web sites that sold fake diplomas and graduation certificates. The City Prosecutor's Office is overseeing the compliance with the verdict. 

Roscomnadzor Made Another Mistake

On May 24, 2013, it was announced that Roscomnadzor added the VKontakte social network to the register of banned sites. In some regions, particularly in Chita and St. Petersburg, providers restricted access to the social network.

According to media reports, the blacklisting took place due to the fact that some photos, published by the Vkontakte users, were recognized by Roscomnadzor as child pornography. Roskomnadzor spokesman Vladimir Pikov said that VKontakte had been added to the list in error and would be removed from it.