Russian President Vladimir Putin and CEO of the Russian society Znanie Maxim Dreval discussed the creation of a Russian analogue of Wikipedia, Meduza reports.. Russia has repeatedly wanted to block the online encyclopedia itself and imposed a fine on it for not deleting information from articles telling about the attack of the aggressor country on Ukraine.

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“Of course, objective, important, in-depth information, and even beautifully, talentedly presented, is very much in demand, because it is impossible to use Wikipedia alone... We ourselves know the quality of this information. When talented people appear who are professionals whose opinion can be trusted, this, of course, is worth a lot.. It's like an encyclopedia, only live,"

Dreval, who heads the society created by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, said that he fully agrees with Putin. He also added that “within the framework of Knowledge, such a knowledge base is being formed, which in many ways becomes an alternative to Wikipedia”. Only with reliable data and with very authoritative people.”.

Recall that two lawsuits were filed against Wikipedia in Russia at once. Roskomnadzor was the first to demand the removal of information from the articles “Battle for Kyiv (2022)”, “War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine”, “Shelling of a hospital in Mariupol”, “Destruction of the Mariupol theater (2022)” and “Massacre in Bucha”.

The second lawsuit demanded that the company be fined for refusing to remove the article "

The total amount of the fine imposed on Wikipedia amounted to five million rubles (about two million hryvnias).

Russian authorities prohibit calling the war in Ukraine, unleashed by Putin, a war. They also claim that the war crimes committed by the Russian military on the territory of our country are fake.. So, among the “fakes” they include the atrocities in Bucha, which were recorded by the world and Ukrainian media, as well as representatives of the international community.

Seemingly well-known facts are also considered fakes in Russia. So, Colonel-General Vladimir Shamanov said that the Red Forest - the most irradiated territory of the Chernobyl exclusion zone - is a fake. According to him, this territory was occupied by partisans in the 40s and they did not receive any radiation..