Bloggasm: Gawker to publish Russian translation of buried GQ story critical of Vladimir Putin
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 14:44
Simon Owens: "I spoke to Gawker owner Nick Denton after the post hit the web. I first asked him whether there were any concerns that the blog would be violating GQ’s copyright by reprinting the piece. 'We’ll deal with that issue when we come to it,' Denton said. 'It’s not as if we’re cutting into GQ’s Russian audience: Conde Nast wasn’t planning to publish the piece in Moscow.'"
The Daily Dish: Self-Censorship Went Out With Denim Vests
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 14:26
Julian Sanchez: "The .. somewhat surprising thing is how successful the suppression attempt initially was. Because the article did still run in the U.S. print edition of a fairly high-circulation magazine, which hit newsstands over a week ago, and the only Google results for the article's title, as of late morning, were half a dozen references to the NPR story. Nota bene, incidentally, to publishers who think keeping content offline or locked behind paywalls is a winning strategy."
Gawker: Эй, вы можете прочитать запрещенную статью GQ про Путина здесь
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 14:18
"Just over 24 hours after we asked for your help, you've given us a pretty much complete Russian translation of the story. Thank you to everyone who pitched in."
NPR: Why ‘GQ’ Doesn’t Want Russians To Read Its Story
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 14:12
Conde Nast management decided that the September issue of U.S. GQ magazine, which contains war reporter Scott Anderson's article, 'Vladimir Putin's Dark Rise to Power', should not be distributed in Russia, should not appear online and should not be published in any of the group's magazines abroad.
sfnblog: Google launches classifieds search in Russia
Saturday, 30 August 2008, 09:53
"Google has announced a new service for its Russian-speaking users. It would now be offering a classifieds search, collected from Russian-language sites, reported Lenta.ru Friday."
Moscow Times: Conflict opens front in the media
Monday, 11 August 2008, 19:23
Ex-Russia Today reporter William Dunbar: “The real news, the real facts of the matter, didn't conform to what they were trying to report, and therefore, they wouldn't let me report it. I felt that I had no choice but to resign.”
BBC: Pods and Blogs: South Ossetia in social media
Saturday, 9 August 2008, 13:52
Chris Vallance highlights where to find coverage of the conflict in Georgia on social media sites.
Dave Lee: Russia goes to war. Important? Not if you ask the BBC
Friday, 8 August 2008, 15:55
BBC News website, but only the UK edition, seems to be the only major UK news website not leading on Russia-Georgia this afternoon.
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 15:24
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"Moscow’s international broadcaster, Russia Today, is raising eyebrows with a new ad campaign showing the former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s less-known softer side."
Saturday, 22 September 2007, 13:16
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"Tim Ireland’s Bloggerheads site is currently down after his webhost pulled the plug. … " following allegations made by Craig Murray about Alisher Usmanov.
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 10:20
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"FT.com’s interactive feature maps the estimated 233bn barrels of oil equivalent, and illustrates the region with a picture slideshow and audio narration by experts."
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 19:24
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Liberal Democratic party leader "Vladimir Zhirinovsky said Russia should expel 12 British diplomats and all British journalists in the country, telling one: "You are all agents for MI-6.’"
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 17:40
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Alan D Abbey: "Blogging in Russia is likely to be more accurate and journalistically sound than any of the traditional, mainstream media in that country, according to Israeli experts on Russia’s media…"
China-Japan tensions
Saturday, 12 February 2005, 15:09
With all the attention on North Korea, perhaps Eurocentric blogs like this one should be keeping a closer eye on the increasing “bilateral estrangement” between China and Japan.
The tensions are palpable at the elite level, such as the recent tensions over the Senkaku Islands near Taiwan. A lot of this has to do with access to potential oil reserves in the area.
But they are even more serious at the cultural level. Football matches between the two countries are not a pretty sight, and there are suggestions that “anti-Japanese nationalist sentiment is now being exploited to boost the Communist leadership’s waning ideological authority”.
Much of the Chinese anger geared towards Japan relates to the sense that Japan has not adequatly atoned for its crimes during the Second World War. A major sticking point is Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to the Yasakuni Shrine in Tokyo, where Japanese war dead, including a number considered war criminals, are buried.
The Japanese are concerned about the Chinese military and arms sales to it by Israel and the European Union. And according to Simon Tisdall in the Guardian, Russia is siding with Japan because it shares this concern.
