Kremlin-approved service created amid growing signs of discontent over war
Russia has launched a state-approved rival to Wikipedia as the Kremlin steps up efforts to censor information about the war in Ukraine.
Wikipedia’s top editor in Russia has quit the online encyclopaedia to launch a rival service sympathetic to Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Medeyko, the long-serving leader of Wikipedia editors in the country, has copied the website’s existing 1.9 million Russian articles into a new Kremlin-approved version.
The creation of the new service, called Ruwiki, was announced by a State Duma deputy from Putin’s political party.