Recently, representatives of the Russian-language Wikipedia received from the Russian government a notice black-listing the Wikipedia article “Smoking cannabis”, stating it contained malicious information. It is not the first time that Russian authorities have made demands of Internet providers.
On July 28, 2012 the new Russian Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law On Protection of children from information harmful to their health and development” came into existence. This law established new federal laws and regulations involving filtering, black listing, and blocking Internet sites that are found unacceptable by government offices.