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Reuters
Reuters
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By Alexander Marrow

Russia not planning Wikipedia block for now, minister says

FILE PHOTO: Maksut Shadaev, Russia's Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia is "not yet" planning to block Wikipedia, its minister of digital affairs said on Tuesday as a Moscow court handed the online encyclopaedia another fine for failing to remove content Russia deems illegal.

Wikipedia is one of the few surviving independent sources of information in Russian since a state crackdown on online content intensified after Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine.

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