Briefly: Stanislav Kozlovsky, the director of Russian Wikimedia project (which supports the Russian Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.), has been declared a “foreign agent” by Russia. He has been forced to resign from his job at the Moscow State University. Following the event, Russian Wikimedia has decided to dissolve itself.

English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AWikipedia_Signpost%2F2023-12-24%2FIn_focus

Russian: https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Ликвидация_Викимедиа_РУ

      • astreus@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        32
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        The privileged Russians, you mean. I know a few people in Russia, good people, that have no prospects of ever getting out.

        Being able to pick a country to reside in is a privilege most people can’t afford, and that’s before you factor in only 5% of Russians can speak English and that’s makes up 80% of the foreign language speakers in Russia and you’ve got yourself a very immobile population.

        • sab@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          11 months ago

          There’s a lot of less resourceful russian men who fled to escape the draft as well, generally to countries in Western Asia rather than in Europe. But they had better reasons to leave then most.

          • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            20
            ·
            11 months ago

            Really?

            Indeed. He’s the director of a Russian foundation, teaches at a Russian university, and is being legally bullied by Russia, as you can see from my three-sentence summary. I’m pretty sure you can’t do all that from Portugal or something.

            I think he very much should have thought of himself as one. His mistake.

            He should’ve thought of himself as not currently able to travel to Russia?

            Ok, lol.

            • Candelestine@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              5
              arrow-down
              20
              ·
              11 months ago

              Yes. If you are a Russian willing to say anything but what Putin permits, you should not travel to Russia. Putin has more say over what happens in Russia than other Russians do.

              You may fall out of a window.

              • dasgoat@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                4
                ·
                11 months ago

                No no, please don’t get out of that armchair to pick up a book or something. It’s fine to spout nonsense like nonsense like a delirious old man who forgot his medication.