Putin wants to create an analogue of “Wikipedia” in Russia

He does not like the “quality of information” in the encyclopedia, which tells the truth about the attack on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discusses with Russian CEO of the “Knowledge” society by Maxim Dreval to create a Russian analogue of “Wikipedia” , Medusa reports. Russia has repeatedly wanted to block the online encyclopedia itself and fined it for not removing information from articles about the aggressor's attack on Ukraine.

Putin is not satisfied with the “quality” of information published in Wikipedia. “

Read also: Roskomnadzor demands that Wikipedia remove information from five articles about the war in Ukraine

“Of course, objective, important, deep information, and even beautifully, talentedly presented – this is very popular, because one” Wikipedia “can not be used… We know the quality of this information. When there are talented people who are professionals you can trust, it is, of course, expensive. It's like an encyclopedia, only live, “Putin said.

Dreval, who heads the company set up by presidential decree, said he fully agreed with Putin. He also added that within the framework of “Knowledge” such a knowledge base is being formed, which in many respects is becoming an alternative to “Wikipedia”. Only with reliable data and with very authoritative people. ”

It will be recalled that two lawsuits were filed against Wikipedia in Russia at once. Roskomnadzor was the first to demand the removal of information from the articles “Battle of Kyiv (2022)”, “War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine”, “Hospital shelling in Mariupol”, “Destruction of the Mariupol Theater (2022)” and “Massacre in Bucha”./p>

The second lawsuit demanded that the company be fined for refusing to remove the article “Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (2022)” and articles about gunpowder and gunpowder.

The total amount of the fine imposed on Wikipedia was five million rubles (about two million hryvnias).

The Russian authorities forbid calling the war in Ukraine, unleashed by Putin, a war. She also claims that the war crimes committed by the Russian military in our country are fakes. Thus, the “fakes” include the atrocities in Bucha, which were recorded by the world and Ukrainian media, as well as representatives of the international community.

Fake in Russia are also considered to be well-known facts. For example, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov said that the Red Forest, the most irradiated area of ​​the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, is a fake. According to him, this territory was still occupied by guerrillas in the 1940s, and they did not receive any radiation.

See the special topic: Russians continue to lie about humanitarian corridors and plundering agricultural enterprises: a summary of the General Staff In the Kharkiv region, the racists are building up the medical care system of the troops, using a network of civilian hospitals in the temporarily occupied territories. An international donors' conference raised $ 6.5 billion to help Ukraine In particular, Poland will provide 100 million euros to Ukraine and the EU 200 million euros. It will be possible to lift sanctions against Russia only in agreement with Ukraine – Scholz Almost half of the population of Russia already saves on absolutely everything, even began to give up alcohol. America has launched an accelerated retraining of the Ukrainian military in Germany for new artillery systems, drones and radars – The Hill Since 2015, defenders from Ukraine have participated in more than ten major military exercises with the United States in Germany. A long curfew is being imposed in Zaporizhia on May 9.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

Share This Post