Wikimedia RU (Russian: Викимедиа РУ), also known as Wikimedia Russia was a non-profit Wikimedia chapter created to support the creation and maintenance of articles in the Russian-language Wikipedia.

In 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 the organization was awarded the Runet award.[1]

As of 2022, the director of Wikimedia Russia was Vladimir Medeyko.[2]

Following increasing attacks on its members by the Russian government under Vladimir Putin, Wikimedia Russia was shut down in 2023.[3]

Bloomberg has speculated that this may be a move toward replacing the Russian Wikipedia in Russia with Ruwiki, a Wikipedia fork seen as being more sympathetic to the Russian government's propaganda aims.[3]

On March 22, 2024, Wikimedia RU was declared a foreign agent.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Объявлены лауреаты Премии Рунета 2014". premiaruneta.ru. November 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  2. ^ AFP (2022-11-01). "Russian Court Fines Wikipedia Over Ukraine Content". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  3. ^ a b "Wikimedia Russia Shuts Down, Putting Local Site in Peril". Bloomberg.com. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  4. ^ "Минюст включил в реестр иноагентов журналиста Набутова и историка Скобова". 22 March 2024.

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