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Andrew Jameson
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL 
Languages and Professional Development
1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL UK
Tel: 01524 32371  (+44 1524 32371)

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> 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 &amp; Govt. - Russia
> 
>        http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/Foreign_and_local/Russia/
>        - Privacy &amp; Security - Russia &amp; the Former Soviet Union
> 
>        http://www.eff.org/pub/Global/Russia/
>        - Russian Issues &amp; 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 &amp; Regulation - Russia
> 
> 
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