a new regulation regarding access to WIFI zones in Russia

[Olga]

...and here is a funny Mayakovsky-inspired tweet about it:
https://twitter.com/yasviridov/status/497630859424706560



On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Irina Shevelenko <idshevelenko at wisc.edu>
wrote:

> Here is a useful commentary by Anton Nosik:
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> http://www.echo.msk.ru/blog/nossik/1376090-echo/
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> Irina
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> *From:* SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Bradley Gorski
> *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2014 8:05 PM
> *To:* SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SEELANGS] a new regulation regarding access to WIFI zones
> in Russia
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> It looks like this might not be as sweeping as we originally thought:
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> In English:
> http://calvertjournal.com/news/show/2975/anonymous-wifi-in-the-russian-countryside-now-illegal
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> And in Russian: http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/1368342
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> On Friday, August 8, 2014, Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>
> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
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> Just in case if you haven't read the latest news about WIFI access in
> Russia, here is a link to an article that explains the new regulation in
> accordance with which everyone  can sign into public WiFi zones now only by
> divulging the number of his/her passport:
> http://tvrain.ru/articles/podkljuchatsja_k_wi_fi_v_obschestvennyh_mestah_razreshat_tolko_po_pasportu-373709/
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> On a humorous note: one of Bykov's poems written last year features WIFI
> in an unusual context: http://rhyme-addict.livejournal.com/322583.html
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> It is also available on Bykov FB page:
> https://www.facebook.com/BykovDmitriyLvovich/posts/226108490866435
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> All best,
> Alexandra
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