Kasparov.ru (titled, but not actually addressed, in Russian as Каспаров.Ru) is a Russian-language website (сreated on 27 May 2005), critical of
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
, operated by
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by ...
.
[ As of March 2013 it was the 816th most popular website in Russia, but it has fallen down to 4,098 by September 2015.
The website has been a target of ]DDoS
In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connec ...
attacks in the past.
See also
* Censorship in Russia
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...
References
Russian political websites
Russian-language websites
The Other Russia (coalition)
Internet censorship in Russia
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