The Russia Blog
Rumours have been swirling around runet for years about how some Russian political bloggers are being offered payment to write posts that are supportive of the Russian Government, or of a particular politician. There are similar rumours about blogging in China.
Global Voices this weekend reports on a Georgian blogger, Yuri Yakunin who was… Read the rest
If you’re reading this post on the Siberian Light site, rather than by RSS, you’ll notice things look a little different around here.
The magazine format that I’ve been using for nearly a year now has gone. In its place is the tried and tested blog layout, powered by the Thesis theme.
Why? Oddly,… Read the rest
The latest, best articles from around the Russia Blogs. Plus a warning about nasty people hacking into your blogs, and details of my Twitter profile.
Siberian Light has a new look. Here’s a handy guide to what’s changed.
Browsing the web today I came upon this interview in the International Herald Tribune with ‘Tim’ the creator of the English Russia blog.
“Just imagine how many unknown stories and photos are hidden in Chinese Web sites and available only to a Chinese audience,” he wrote in an e-mail. “So we decided to
Russian bloggers unite to stop a pharmaceutical scam, and make 21 million phone calls in the process.
The latest attempt to quantify which Russia Blog is the biggest, bestest and most popular is underway at Krusenstern (link removed as page has since been deleted), and predictably provoking controversy beyond belief.
Here are the top five – see if you can guess why I like this ranking method better than previous attempts…… Read the rest
