#RuNet

[avidgreengoblin]

Runet stuff!!

Also expect some drawings of Marcus and more art in general of the Garrick DemonPriest AU soon

[aktionfsa-blog-blog]

Resilente Infrastrukturen

Wir wollen kein Internet mit Grenzen!

Trotz vorheriger Ankündigung blieb die Abschaltung des weltweiten Zugriffs auf das Internet in 3 Regionen Russlands in unseren Medien weitgehend unkommentiert. Die russische Zensurbehörde Roskomnadsor hatte angekündigt, dass mit dem Test die Funktionsfähigkeit eines rein inländischen Netzwerkes erprobt werden sollte.

So hatten am 6. und 7. Dezember Nutzer in den betroffenen Regionen keinen Zugriff auf ausländische Webseiten und die Messengerdienste wie WhatsApp oder Telegram waren nicht erreichbar. Auch VPN, also Virtual Private Networks gingen nicht durch die Firewall. Ob ein Zugang über das Tor Netzwerk möglich war, ist bisher nicht bekannt. Dies wäre möglich, wenn es in den gesperrten Regionen Tor Knoten geben würde.

Nach Medienberichten waren die Test-Regionen Dagestan, Tschetschenien und Inguschetien. Da diese Regionen einen hohen Anteil an muslimischen Einwohner besitzen, kommt dem "technischen Test" auch eine politische Bedeutung zu. Der Test deutet auf jeden Fall darauf hin, dass Russland damit chinesischen Ideen einer Großen Firewall folgt.

Der Begriff "Resilenz" ist auch bei uns seit einigen Jahren im Gebrauch mit dem Blick auf ausländische Einmischung und Einflussnahme. So zitiert auch Heise.de die russische Nachrichtenagentur Interfax, dass die Abkoppelung zum sogenannten RuNet dazu diene, "die Verfügbarkeit wichtiger ausländischer und russischer Dienste im Falle eines absichtlichen externen Einflusses sicherzustellen". Man möchte also testen, dass das interne russische Netz funktionsfähig bleibt, wenn es Cyberangriffe von außen gäbe.

Als Kämpfer für Informationsfreiheit und Netzneutralität können wir vor solchen Spielchen nur warnen. Das weltweite Internet als Möglichkeit des Austausches zwischen allen Menschen muss erhalten bleiben. Eingriffe und Zensur müssen unterbleiben. Genauso ist die Vorherrschaft der großen Internetkonzerne (Big5) zu verurteilen, die schon allein durch ihre Marktmacht Möglichkeiten der Steuerung und Manipulation der Menschen besitzen.

Mehr dazu bei https://www.heise.de/news/Test-Russland-koppelt-drei-Regionen-vom-globalen-Internet-ab-10193700.html

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[eurekadiario]

Un paso más hacia la 'Runet': Rusia ensaya de madrugada su desconexión total del Internet global

Rusia camina con paso firme hacia su completo aislamiento digital. Siguiendo el modelo chino, el Kremlin lleva años preparando al país con leyes e infraestructura para desconectarse del Internet global y basar su digitalización en la 'Runet', una red propia controlada y censurada por oligarcas del círculo más próximo a Vladímir Putin. Esta semana, en la madrugada del miércoles al jueves, Rusia dio un paso más en los preparativos de la Runet y se desconectó por completo del resto de Internet durante dos horas.

Un paso más hacia la 'Runet': Rusia ensaya de madrugada su desconexión total del Internet global © Proporcionado por eldiario.es

El ensayo general duró desde las 2.00 hasta las 4.00 de la mañana, hora de Moscú. El Kremlin asegura que fue un éxito, pero varios sistemas informáticos críticos del país notificaron problemas justo después de las pruebas. Uno fue el operador ferroviario ruso, cuya página web y aplicación móvil dejaron de funcionar a la vez. En un mensaje en su canal oficial de Telegram, la empresa pública aseguró que la incidencia se debió a un "ataque masivo de piratas informáticos". La otra fue la Rosselkhoznadzor, la agencia de seguridad alimentaria, cuya caída se achacó a "un fallo de hardware".

Un portavoz del Kremlin explicó en la RBC, el principal canal de noticias de país, que la desconexión había sido un ejercicio para comprobar si el segmento ruso de Internet podría seguir funcionando "si sufre un apagado desde el exterior" y que las pruebas "habían sido exitosas". La propia RBC señala que las mismas fuentes se negaron a responder sobre cuáles eran los objetivos concretos del ejercicio.

La desconexión impidió a los usuarios rusos establecer comunicación con servidores del exterior, lo que les imposibilitaba acceder a plataformas como Google, la Wikipedia o medios internacionales. Citando fuentes del sector de las telecomunicaciones, el canal explicó que "durante los ejercicios, pudieron verificar si Runet realmente continúa funcionando con tal apagado. Los chalecos antibalas se prueban de la misma manera cuando se colocan sobre maniquíes y luego se les dispara".

En otra declaración igual de gráfica, Alexander Lyamin, fundador de la firma de ciberseguridad con sede en Moscú Qrator Labs, planteó que las pruebas de esta semana "se pueden comparar con cortar una mano y ver cuánto tiempo vivirá sin el resto del cuerpo": "Teóricamente, es imposible predecir qué parte de Runet dejará de funcionar cuando se desconecte de la red global. Los ejercicios son un intento de un experimento en vivo para probar la preparación para tal desarrollo de eventos: hasta qué punto el segmento ruso de Internet puede funcionar de manera estable sin conexión al resto de la red".

A pesar de que los funcionarios rusos han justificado la desconexión como una forma de prepararse ante posibles cortes del Internet ruso realizados desde el exterior u otro tipo de ataques, lo cierto es que el Kremlin lleva preparando su asilamiento digital desde mucho antes de que Putin diera la orden definitiva de invadir Ucrania. Se trata de un plan que se lleva desarrollando desde al menos 2014 y cuyo punto de inflexión se dio en 2019.

Ese año Rusia aprobó su Ley de Soberanía de Internet, que le permite censurar la red y desconectarse de la del resto del mundo cuando lo considere oportuno. Las pruebas actuales son la última vuelta de tuerca del proceso, que los expertos denominan "balcanización de la Red": la fragmentación de lo que una vez fue un Internet sin fronteras en una serie de parcelas digitales donde los gobiernos nacionales ejercen un alto nivel de control y cada intercambio con el exterior se produce bajo supervisión.

Este modelo no permite las plataformas interoperables a nivel mundial que han caracterizado Internet hasta ahora. El mejor ejemplo para explicarlo es TikTok: en este momento existe un TikTok para China (llamado Doujin) censurado desde Pekín; un TikTok adaptado a la censura rusa, que cortó su conexión con el del resto del mundo tras la invasión de Ucrania; y un TikTok global. La herramienta tecnológica es la misma pero los usuarios y los mensajes no se mezclan en ningún momento.

Gracias a la invasión de Ucrania, el Kremlin pudo dar un paso más en esta política al forzar a todos los servicios digitales (no solo a TikTok) a aceptar normas especiales para sus segmentos en Rusia o a marcharse.

Esta política no solo tiene una vertiente interna. Rusia y China están presionando a nivel internacional para que se reconozca el derecho de cada país a obligar a cualquier plataforma digital a balcanizar su servicio y levantar las mismas fronteras que ha construido TikTok por orden de Pekín. En 2021 Putin y Xi Jinping firmaron un tratado bilateral para “preservar el derecho soberano de los Estados a regular el segmento nacional de Internet”, que tenía como punto clave "reforzar la representación de ambos países" en los organismos que gestionan el futuro de la red, como la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones.

Un año después, un candidato ruso se lanzó a por la presidencia de esta organización con un discurso basado en que los Estados deben aumentar su poder en Internet y que no pueden depender de empresas privadas para cuestiones como la identidad digital o el acceso a la nube. EEUU, que no había presentado candidaturas para dirigir la UIT desde 1959, logró evitar que el candidato ruso se hiciera con su control. Unos meses antes la Casa Blanca promovió un tratado internacional para contraponerse a la visión de Internet que defiende la alianza ruso-china, que España y otros 58 países rubricaron.

Aunque Rusia y China no han conseguido avances en el terreno internacional, su política de aislamiento digital sigue de puertas adentro. Algo que se ha traducido en violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos de sus ciudadanos. "Ante el temor de que se bloqueen YouTube, Telegram y las últimas fuentes de información veraz que quedan en Rusia, este hecho es extremadamente alarmante", ha avisado Natalia Krapiva, consejera de la ONG de derechos digitales Access Now.

"Con las autoridades poniendo a prueba su "Internet soberana" desconectando a millones de personas de la red global, la amenaza contra el espacio cívico, la libertad de expresión y el acceso a información veraz en Rusia se intensifica aún más", ha lamentado esta organización.

[russianreader]

Made in the USSR (May Day 2023)

A man sporting a “Made in the USSR” tattoo, Liteiny Prospect, Petersburg, May 1, 2023. Photo by Vadim F. Lurie, reproduced here with his kind permission Victory Day is a memorable holiday for every citizen of St. Petersburg! During the celebration of the Great Victory, each of us remembers the heroic deeds of our grandfathers. In keeping with a long-established tradition, many musicians dedicate…

[robotsdeservebetter]

“Let's start with you, my son's failed love story,” Hades spoke up and fixed his gaze on Will. “If he had good taste, I would address all this to another smug demigod.” Percy took a slow breath in and out, raising his green eyes to the heavens. Jason covered his face with his hands. “Step forward,” ordered Hades. A flushed Will obeyed.

“Okay, let’s move on.” Hades looked over at Grace, who was grabbing onto Percy and looking like he was ready to jump on him and shut him up if he needed to. “The only one with whom my wolly son with bad taste managed not to start a relationship, and I’m not happy about it,” God fixed a very hard look on Jason, and he instantly turned crimson and loosened his grip, doubting, if it’s wise to stand next to Percy now. — You're dragging strawberry seedlings here.

Hades grinned triumphantly, turned around 180 degrees and twitched a little in surprise when a not very happy Nico appeared before him.

“Father, what did we say about intimidation? Nico asked in an indifferent, even voice. Will straightened up to look at these two in surprise, as if to say, who is going to lecture who and about what.

“We agreed that he,” Hades waved his hand in Percy’s direction, “is possible. Nico looked away, frowning, remembering the conversation, and then nodded in agreement.

Pity this fanfic is in Russian, I can only sit there, drop pieces of this magnificence and be smug about it HAHAHAHAHHA

(Hades’ last phrase meant “We agreed that I can intimidate him”. I didn’t figure out how to translate it and keep the pace, so I let Google translate do the thing)

[hjhb-the-hdgp]

Are they hollywood-izing books now?

literally this

[mariacallous]

One thing that the confused response to Russians at War makes clear is that eight years after the revelation that Moscow attempted to influence a U.S. presidential election, most Westerners still don’t really know how Russian propaganda campaigns work. Americans have become familiar with AI botnets, salaried trolls tweeting in broken English about Texas secession, deranged Russian TV hosts calling for a nuclear strike on New York, and alt-right has-beens. But what to make of a French and Canadian documentary, tucked between Pharrell’s Lego-animated film and a Q&A with Zoe Saldaña, that seems cozy with the Russian military and blurs the line between entertainment and politics?

...

Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian propaganda has churned out absurd and repulsive lies, such as that Ukraine has biolabs where NATO scientists are working on a virus that targets Slavic DNA, and that Zelensky, who is Jewish, presides over a neo-Nazi regime. Yet, in a way, it has become honest with itself—at least for the domestic audience. There’s no longer a need for platforms like Russia.ru or The Journal, because the message is clear: This is who we are, and you’re either with us or against us. And yet, the entertainment aspect didn’t disappear.

...

One reason Russian propaganda is running circles around the West is that the internet was one of the few domains where the Russian state arrived late, forcing it to co-opt those who understood it. RuNet, the Russian segment of the World Wide Web, was created—and run—by people like Rykov: artsy 20-somethings, filled with cynicism, post-Soviet disillusionment, and a cyberpunk mentality. The collapse of the Soviet Union taught them that truth was whatever they wanted it to be, and that survival was the ultimate goal. The advertising executives, philosophy students, and creatives who once made video art, lewd calendars, and scandalous zines are the same minds who in 2016 said, “Let’s make memes about Hillary Clinton,” and in 2024 suggested using AI to flood X with believable comments. In many ways, this confrontation mirrors what’s happening in Ukraine: This time, however, the West is the massive, unwieldy force being outsmarted by a smaller, more tech-savvy adversary.

The good news is that the Kremlin is a graveyard of talent. In time, every gifted person I knew who went behind its brick walls was devoured by deceit, paranoia, and fear of losing one’s place in the sun. Konstantin Rykov was exceptional at his job, so much so that the Kremlin offered him a seat in the Russian Parliament when he was just 28. He accepted the offer. But being a member of the Duma Committee on Science and High Technologies and the Committee for Support in the Field of Electronic Media wasn’t the same as being the editor of fuck.ru. Despite being involved in some foreign influence operations, Rykov, now 45, hasn’t produced any significant work for Russian audiences since he joined Parliament.

Asked by an audience member in Toronto whether Russia was responsible for the war in Ukraine, Trofimova replied, “I think there are a lot of other factors involved. Yeah, like they are definitely sending troops in to solve whatever grievances there are.” Even if it wasn’t financed by Moscow, Russians at War reminds me of a Rykov production: slick, scandalous, and with a ton of free press. The message the film conveys is that war, not the country that started it, is bad in this scenario. Trofimova seems to portray Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the astonishing scale of the atrocities it has committed there, as something impersonal and inexorable, like a tsunami: We can only accept it and sympathize with the victims, including Russian soldiers.

[oddsandends58exe]

how’d you get interested in SCP? What introduced you to it :7

ooooh that's a story I've told my friends many times.....

I found out about SCP in 2013 or in 2014, I don't remember exactly when. but at that time I was about 10-11 years old. I was fixated on my little pony so I watched absolutely everything related to MLP on youtube back then. one day I stumbled upon a gameplay video of SCP containment breach with modification that added MLP characters. I really liked it so I decided to find out what that SCP thing was all about. since then I was a fan of popular SCPs like 173, 049 and 106 until 2015 when I started reading the main site (in russian). at the time SCP wasn't that popular on the runet, especially among kids, and there were mostly adults in the fandom, so I was shy about saying publicly that I liked SCP

so yeah kinda like that :b

[angelofthemornings]

What to do about Dybowski...I had heard something about this on runet some time ago but didn't really know the details, so I didn't think very hard about it at the time. (Well, that's awfully lazy of me.)

Firstly, I believe the accusations, too many people are saying the same thing. Even if the details could be off, which is the only thing I could think of saying in his defense, the big picture is still there, so that's out of the way.

Second of all, personally, I've got a high tolerance for bad behavior from creators...if he wants to beat his father-in-law half to death or show up drunk to his job, I don't think there's anything I can do to contribute to his actions positively or negatively. And I think it's not bad if a sinful person can make art to contribute something to society even if everything else he does is worthless.

However, the accusations about him abusing his position to groom fifteen-year-olds are unfortunately directly connected to the things that I personally do as a fan - paying him money and attention lets him acquire social capital which he can use to manipulate people. It was due to our admiration as IPL fans that he got hired to teach, for instance. So it's dangerous to potential child victims to continue to support his games and it's one of the rare situations where, like with Rowling, fan support makes a difference in whether or not bad things are happening. (Aside from child victims, he should be leaving university students alone too - I tried dating a young university student once in my early thirties since I really liked them, and because at 18/19 I had had relationships with older men that were tolerable and it seemed pretty normal to me - but that was a trainwreck, first hand I can tell you that it shouldn't be done. It's also really bad if he's trying to sleep with young people who are interested in entering his field, he can use connections in the industry or the power he has as a professor to punish them if they don't do as they're told. If he wants to sleep with someone they should be a florist or sell phones at the mall, or at least be a game dev who has already secured her career.)

I think personally I'd be okay playing Pathologic 3 if he was stripped of his position at the university, that would make it much harder for him to do this sort of thing and it would be even more of a public scandal so people would know to watch out for him. I'm unsure of what the university is doing about this, just that they made an announcement saying that they're not suing a student for libel along with him as was rumored some time ago. So I probably won't be able to play the third game or Quarantine responsibly or make any fan content unless this gets resolved differently. Honestly, ideally he'd admit to his behaviors and quit by himself, but judging by his response to the allegations so far that's about as likely to happen as someone winning the lottery without buying a ticket.

My apologies to Bachelor that I can't help him this time...

[drazedoodle]

Guys, if I suddenly disappear, then know that this is most likely forever XD

Runet is disconnected from the world Internet XD

Hmm, Roskomnadzor is already completely mad...

[rune-tisms]

taking a break from all my socials for awhile, i’ll still be active on discord though. my user on there is runetisms

[42-hitchhiker]

I JUST found this meme on Runet and I gotta say...

TRUUUUEEEE

[avidgreengoblin]

Day 11 - 15 for an OTP challenge but it's only Garrick because they are so awesome 🥰

The challenge for anyone wants it

Day 11: Cuddling

Day 12: Genderbent (Ruth x Janet aka Runet)

Day 13: Screenshot redraw

Day 14: Hanging out

Day 15: Public place

That's all LMAO (I love day 12 the most)

[steadydinosaurcherryblossom]

Our Croatian team is participating in the Fandom Kombat 2023 (this is the main multi-fandom contest on the Runet). We made the first translation from Chinese in the Russian football fandom. Thanks for your kudos, by the way!😉

[theboredgm]

I like the fact that, from all of the runet, only this old video is still lives in Tumblr memes

[myfeministresearch]

In this post, I would like to explore the figures of Maria Pevchikh and Yulia Navalnaya in the context of public discussions surrounding Russian politics. Both women are closely connected to Alexei Navalny: Maria serves as a primary investigator for FBK (the Anti-Corruption Foundation Navalny founded), while Yulia is his widowed wife. In two key moments—the 2020 poisoning of Navalny and his subsequent death—both women stepped into the public spotlight to explain the unfolding events. I argue that the public, in making sense of their new prominence, largely relied on soap opera tropes to frame their roles.

When Navalny was first poisoned, as depicted in the documentary Navalny (2022), Maria emerged into the public eye as an FBK investigator. For many, including myself, this was the first time we had heard of her. Almost immediately, speculation about her role began to circulate. Some imagined her as Navalny’s secret romantic partner, while others accused her of being a spy trying to undermine FBK from within. The notion that she might simply be what she claimed—a competent investigator—was surprisingly rare.

Following Navalny’s death, Yulia Navalnaya announced her intention to continue his work as a public politician. Unlike Maria, Yulia was already well-known, but her new role created dissonance within the Russian-speaking online community (Runet). To many, Yulia epitomized the archetype of the "supportive but powerless" first lady, described by Van Zoonen as "supportive but powerless" (2005, 34). The idea of her stepping into an active leadership role defied these entrenched perceptions. Yet, this dramatic shift—when the wife of a deceased politician takes up his cause—paralleled a classic soap opera plot twist, providing coherence to the unfolding narrative.

Thus, in moments when Navalny could not occupy the public stage, the women closest to him stepped up, their every action scrutinized and interpreted through the lens of soap opera tropes. These narratives reveal much about how gendered expectations shape public perceptions, especially in the emotionally charged and spectacle-driven discourse of contemporary politics.

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Van Zoonen, Liesbet: “Politics as Soap Opera” (Chapter 2) in Entertaining the Citizen: When Politics and Popular Culture Converge. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2005, 51– 68.