Star writes "According to a report just published by "The supremacy Post", the allowance of Russian adults having access to the break* superhighway has risen from 8% in 2002 to 25% in 2007. This growth has attracted the attention of the Kremlin. Its allies are creating pro-Kremlin web sites and are purchasing web sites known for high-quality independent journalism. Pro-Kremlin bloggers have used their skills to bury news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations: at Russian news portals, web links to news about pro-Kremlin rallies consistently rank higher than web links to news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations. The most disturbing development is that the Kremlin intends to develop a Russian computer network which is separate from the global Internet. Russian management are excogitation the techniques that the Chinese use to censor the Internet."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

More: - Read the rest here

Mark