Quote "If you use email for Russia, please pay attention to this". Andrew Jameson Chair, Russian Committee, ALL Languages and Professional Development 1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL UK Tel: 01524 32371 (+44 1524 32371) ---------- > From: F.C.K. Haas <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Internet Russian Federation and EFF > Date: 23 March 1999 23:15 > > If you use email for Russia, please pay attention to this. > > You can do the "Search" for further CIS and other countries worldwide at: > <http://www.eff.org/> > > Concerning Russia: > > http://www.eff.org/pub/GII_NII/Foreign_and_local/Russia/intl_inf_exch_ > rus_bill_altcodes.uu > - Russian bill (in Russian, in alt-codes format) relating to > international information exchange. This file has been uuencoded to > preserve its integrity (encoding prevents character set transation & > substitution.) > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Foreign_and_local/Russia/russian_crypto_ > ban_english.edict > - the Russian Presidential edict banning public encryption, translated > into English. (ASCII text) > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Graphics/Icons/russian_fed_icon.gif > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Global/Russia/Privacy_security_crypto > - Russian privacy, security & encryption issues and policy. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Other_versions/Russian > /netguide.ru_altcode.gz > - EFF Net Guide, Russian version (gzip-compressed) Currently at vers. > 2.22.Character set: Alt-Codes. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ukaz_crypto_ > rus_altcodes.uu > - same text as ukaz_crypto_rus_rfc1489.uu [This version is in Russian > alt-codes for the DOS-type PC. We have no idea which code pages and > fonts must be supported, other than being Cyrillic ones. The file has > been uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as our system could > inadvertently try to convert it to the US-English ASCII character set > under several circumstances. A special TSR, driver, and/or viewer may be > needed to read this, but we are assured that Russians will alreadyknow > this and know how to read it.] > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Other_versions/Russian > /netgdalt.zip > - EFF Net Guide, Russian version in a ZIP-compressed archive for DOS > users. Currently at vers. 2.22. Character set: Alt-Codes. Split into two > files for easier reading on low-memory systems. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Foreign_and_local/Russia/russian_ > crypto_ban_english.edict > - the Russian Presidential edict banning public crypto as described > above, translated into English. (ASCII text) > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Global_village/russian_coup_netuse. > article > - Laurence Press' August 1991 collection of information and postings > related to how the Internet was used in the Russian coup. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/Foreign_and_local/Multinational/gii_ > expression_alert.old > - EFF/HRW alert regarding lack of guarantees of freedom of expression in > the GII discussions of the G7 (the "Group of Seven" Nations). G7 > includes Canada, France, German, Italy, UK, Japan, and USA. Russia has > been added in 1996, now making it "G8", though everyone still calls this > alliance the "G7". > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/Resources/e_eur_access.list > - A list of Internet Service Providers in Eastern Europe, Russia, > and the > former USSR Republics > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Other_versions/Russian/ > netgdkoi.zip > - EFF Net Guide, Russian version in a ZIP-compressed archive for DOS > users. Currently at vers. 2.22. Character set: KOI-8. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/Foreign_and_local/Multinational/g7_ > chair_conclusions.report > - G7 (the "Group of Seven" Nations) conclusions about the > development of > the global information infrastructure (adopted 2/95). Despite the > activism of civil liberties organizations (see files below), the report > makes only two brief mentions of freedom of expression. G7 includes > Canada, France, German, Italy, UK, Japan, and USA. Russia has been added > in 1996, now making it "G8", though everyone still calls this alliance > the "G7". > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Other_versions/Russian/ > netguide.ru_koi8.gz > - EFF Net Guide, Russian version (gzip-compressed) Currently at vers. > 2.22. Character set: KOI-8. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/Foreign_and_local/Multinational/gii_ > expression_letter.eff > - Text of the letter sent to Al Gore from EFF/HRW/EPIC (1/16/95) asking > Gore to urge the G-7 ministers to uphold international free expression > principles in any agreement regarding GII. G7 includes Canada, France, > German, Italy, UK, Japan, and USA. Russia has been added in 1996, now > making it "G8", though everyone still calls this alliance the "G7". > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Foreign_and_local/Russia/intl_inf_ > exch_rus_bill_altcodes.uu > - Russian bill (in Russian, in alt-codes format) relating to > international information exchange). This file has been uuencoded to > preserve its integrity (encoding prevents character set transation & > substitution.) > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ukaz_ > crypto_rus_rfc1489.uu > - Russian edict (*in Russian*) banning public cryptography. A > translation > into English is below. [This version is in the format specified by RFC > 1489, and the file has been uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as > our > system could inadvertently try to convert it to the US-English ASCII > character set under several circumstances. To read this file, your > system must support Cyrillic fonts and character tables as specified in > the RFC. This is the same edict as the one below, but in koi8 format (as > used in Russian Unix systems), and with some long names of agencies > replaced by abbreviations.] > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ukaz_crypto_rus_ > rfc1489.uu > - Russian edict (*in Russian*) banning public cryptography. A > translation > into English is below. [This version is in the format specified by RFC > 1489, and the file has been uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as our > system could inadvertently try to convert it to the US-English ASCII > character set under several circumstances. To read this file, your > system must support Cyrillic fonts and character tables as specified in > the RFC. This is the same edict as the one below, but in koi8 format (as > used in Russian Unix systems), and with some long names of agencies > replaced by abbreviations.] > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Global_village/whole_world_talking. > article > - Kevin Cooke and Dan Lehrer article, "The Internet: The Whole World is > Talking", from The Nation, July 12, 1993. Covers use of Internet in > Russian coup and other examples of the Net trascending national borders. > Also doubles as an OK introduction to what the Internet is and what its > potential is, as well as thethreats to it. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/Foreign_and_local/Multinational/gii_ > expression_letter.announce > - Announcement of EFF/HRW/EPIC campaign to guarantee freedom of > expression on the GII (2/16/95), in G7 (the "Group of Seven" Nations) > conclusions about the development of the global information > infrastructure. G7 includes Canada, France, German, Italy, UK, > Japan, and > USA. Russia has been added in 1996, now making it "G8", though everyone > still calls this alliance the "G7". > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/russian_coup_netuse.article > - Laurence Press' August 1991 collection of information and postings > related to how the Internet was used in the Russian coup. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/GII_NII/Foreign_and_local/Russia/russia_online. > article > - "The End of the Party Line", WIRED article by George Lawton. Russian > phone service stinks. In desperation, Russians are turning to outside > forces: MCI, Sprint and AT&T - and a burgeoning patchwork of homegrown > computer networks. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ukaz_crypto_ > rus_altcodes.uu > - same text as ukaz_crypto_rus_rfc1489.uu [This version is in Russian > alt-codes for the DOS-type PC. We have no idea which code pages and > fonts > must be supported, other than being Cyrillic ones. The file has been > uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as our system could inadvertently > try to conver it to the US-English ASCII character set under several > circumstances. A special TSR, driver, and/or viewer may be needed to > read this, but we are assured that Russians will already know this and > know how to read it.] > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Foreign_and_local/Russia/russian_coup_ > netuse.article > - Laurence Press' August 1991 collection of information and postings > related to > how the Internet was used in the Russian coup. > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/Other_versions/Russian/ > - EFF's Guide to the Internet - Russian Edition > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ > - Activism & Govt. - Russia > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ > - Privacy & Security - Russia & the Former Soviet Union > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Global/Russia/ > - Russian Issues & Policy > > http://www.eff.org/pub/GII_NII/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ > - Information Infrastructure - Russian/Russian Federation/CIS > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Legislation/Foreign_and_local/Russia/ > - Legislation & Regulation - Russia > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%