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Summary Russia is looking to the experiences of other countries, to amend its internet laws.
A state tender calling for research into foreign experience in regulating the Internet weeks after hacked attacks temporarily closed down the countrys most popular blog site.Ilya Ponomaryov, a Member of Parliament and the Duma Information Committee, said Our Internet regulation is currently the most liberal in the world . He said parliament was now working on amending a series of laws to take into account the rapidly developing Internet facility.In a country where most of media is state-run, the Internet is one of the last bastions of free speech. Russian bloggers freely criticize authorities, often scathingly, question high-level corruption and swap information.Authoritys plan to clamp down on Internet freedoms ahead of the 2012 presidential elections.
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