Posted on 01/28/2005 6:45:05 AM PST by blackminorcapullets
I heard about it from Mishah first, and then it was on yesterday's NTV evening news: a Russian-language web portal called the Russian National Literary Network has issued a "Directive on Limiting the Themes of Literary Works."
The Directive mainly concerns two of the Network's writing sites, Proza.ru (prose) and Stihi.ru (poetry). At a glance, the sites resemble a cross between Zoetrope.com and LiveJournal.com, inviting aspiring authors to post their work for review by other members. As of 9 pm today, Proza.ru has 22,313 members, 188,457 stories and 277,077 reviews; Stihi.ru lists 67,115 members, 1,609,066 poems and 2,132,558 reviews.
Even though today Dmitriy Kravchuk, the Network's coordinator and the author of the Directive, has postponed the implementation of the Directive "due to the negative reaction of the literary community and the discovery of a number of shortcomings," its text still appears online.
Here's its translation:
The Directive on limiting the themes of literary works published on the Internet resources of the Russian National Literary Network
1. On the Internet resources of the RNLN it is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages covering the following themes:
- The special operation of the Russian troops in the Chechen Republic during 1991-2004 [actually, the so-called "special operation" officially began on Dec. 11, 1994, not in 1991...]
- Terrorist acts against citizens of the Russian Federation
- Opposition of certain citizen groups to implementation of the Laws of the RF and the Decrees of the President of the RF (in particular, the Law on Monetization of the Benefits [which has caused the Babushka Revolution]
2. On the Internet resources of of the RNLN it is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages, which include personal mentions (with the first or last name) of individuals belonging to one of the categories of the Class A public officials (in accordance with Appendix 1). At the same time, it is allowed to mention the individual's title, as long as this mention is connected with the execution of state functions and not with his personal qualities [sic].
3. On the Internet resources of of the RNLN it is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages, which include mentions in a negative context of the Class B public officials (in accordance with Appendix 2). A negative context is the identification of the mentioned individual as a negative literary hero by literary experts affiliated with the RNLN.
4. On the Internet resources of of the RNLN it is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages, which include mentions in a positive context of the Class C individuals (in accordance with Appendix 3). A positive context is the identification of the mentioned individual as a positive literary hero by literary experts affiliated with the RNLN.
Literary works with content prohibited by this Directive will have to be deleted by their authors before Feb. 1, 2005. If the works containing the prohibited content are discovered after Feb. 1, 2005, the site's moderators are obliged to block the pages and all works of these authors without the possibilty of renewing [membership] later.
Organizational Committee of the Russian National Literary Network
Appendix 1. Categories of the Class A public officials.
It is forbidden to publish literary works, which include personal mentions (first or last name) of individuals belonging to the following categories:
- President of the RF and members of his family - Head of the government and ministers of the RF - Members of the Federation Councils [sic] of the Federal Assembly of the RF - Deputies of the State Duma of the RF who are members of the United Russia faction [the pro-Putin majority in the Russian Parliament] - Governors of the federal centers of the RF - Mayors of the cities of the RF
Appendix 2. Categories of the Class B public officials.
It is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages, which include mentions in a negative context of individuals belonging to the following categories:
- Heroes of Russia - Heroes of the Soviet Union, who received this title during the Great Patriotic War - Serving officers of the Russian Army, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Security Service, Federal Guards Service, Intelligence Service in the rank higher than the Colonel and First-Rank Captain (inclusive) - Representatives of the RF state on duty - Members of the United Russia Party and the Walking Together public movement [a pro-Putin youth organization]
Appendix 2. Categories of the Class C individuals.
It is forbidden to publish literary works and forum messages, which include mentions in a positive context of individuals belonging to the following categories:
- Individuals wanted by the federal authorities on charges of plotting terrorist acts against RF citizens - Individuals killed as the result of special operations of the Russian troops in the Chechen Republic, those who resisted or were accused of plotting terrorist acts against citizens of the RF - Individuals charged with involvement in international terrorist organizations - State authorities and soldiers of the Fascist Germany of the Great Patriotic War period, as well as individuals who collaborated with the Fascist Germany
After wasting an hour translating this, I'm more or less speechless. The only thing I can say is that this once again confirms my view that Stalin was ourselves, in a way, and Putin is ourselves, too.
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And here's a translation of a wonderful poem one of the members of Stihi.ru has recently posted on the site:
PRESIDENT by Thinkerbell
PutinPutinPutinPoo! PutinPutinPutinPoo! Poopoopoo! Poopoopoo! PutinPutinPutinPoo!
© Copyright: Thinkerbell, 2005 Code: 1501261784
Something must be in it, cause seriously NEVER met any Russians via internet, who would be critical towards Putin. Even if he has so strong position among the Russians like their election would suggest it is still strange.
Ping for MORE and ACCELERATING clamp-downs in Russia.
The Directive is not a government directive. You are full of shiete on this, the stinch is pretty bad.
Well I guess that means that Free Republic is now considered an outlaw forum in Russia, since we certainly have our discussions pro vs con regarding Russia, here. Too bad they are such wimps they can't take a bit of ribbing. Joke 'em if they can't take a #@!#!
Doesn't all the mindless anti-Russian propaganda get you down? You'd think that people who know how to type on a keyboard would understand the facts you have outlined above. The organizers of the independent website for aspiring authors, Andrey Korovin and Dmitry Kravchuk, offer a free public service, and the other posters above are ready to condemn them as government lackeys.
You've got to fight the trolls and liars, it's our God given responsability. Evil grows when good men fail to act. These guys think that by mistranslating something from Russian they can BS the people, thinking no one will catch their blatent lies.
The Russophobes will go so far as even to side with anti-capitalism, since this is a private business venture and they wish to dictate to it what it can and can not do. Oh and they lie through their teeth too.
what part of "despot" dont you understand? What part of
Kremlin dictatorship don't you understand?
What is your explanation for your rascist remark that the Chinese live in sewers?
This is my 4th request!
Finally:
"PutinPutinPutinPoo! PutinPutinPutinPoo! Poopoopoo! Poopoopoo! PutinPutinPutinPoo! "
What part of you're full of crap and making up propaganda (very poorly at that) do you not understand?
What is your explanation for your rascist remark that the Chinese live in sewers?
I already responded to your little BS there Stormtrooper. You got an answer on your first response, but here, so you can get egg on the face again:
Moscow scraps Stalin statue plan amid protests Posted by jb6 to blackminorcapullets
On News/Activism 01/21/2005 11:29:56 PM PST · 81 of 102
"How do people who live in such poverty and sewage breed so quickly"
And you are a rascist too
I'm going to break my policy of ignoring your juvenile arse just this once. You are about as sharp as a bag of marbles.
Stating that fact that most of China lives in abject poverty and that the rivers and air are polluted beyond belief and that the breed quickly, since they are the most populace people in the world, regardless of the government abortion laws, is not racism, it's stating facts. Only someone with a low IQ looking to pick a fight, like some little self absorbed brat, would write some crap rubbish like that.
Now, that being said, I'm not wasting anymore time or effort on some adolescent brat. Bugger off.
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As a followup to your rascist remarks about 1 billion people, what are your thoughts on the Japanese
conquest of Nanking?
Last time I checked, the FR has it's own rules and conditions about what can and cannot be posted, and no one is makong and issue of it.
What's the source of this article? Do you know anything about it?
As to the source that posted this crap, the wavelength must be the same.
This is like saying: if FR pulls your DU article, then it's Bush's fault.
ping
I had such high hopes for Russia.
Putin killed democracy.
This article is bogus. The poster is some sort of NUT.
If there's any Scythian DNA around, a comparison with Putin's might be revealing.
What is Ukranian for troll?
Moderator, This is a fake disinfo article - the Russian site in question is a private site not a public one - does FreeRepublic allow anti-Conservative postings?
We must not allow Soros money and his ilk from spreading disnfo as truth.
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