Ukraine, Putin wants his ‘Wikipedia’

Vladimir Putin asks for a Wikipedia for the Russian world, an alternative to the platform for the development of a shared encyclopedia which has already updated the ‘Russian-Ukrainian war’ page to the ‘large-scale invasion of February 24, 2022’ and to which the agency for the control of communications Roskomnadzor in recent days has asked to delete “untrue information on the special military operation in Ukraine”. “There is a great demand for objective, useful, in-depth information, but also presented with skill and aesthetic sense”, he declared, meeting the CEO of the Znanie (Knowledge) foundation, Maxim Dreval. The Foundation, established by presidential decree in 2015, has as its objective the growth of civil society and education. His most important project aims to develop platforms for the education of young Russians. “The wealth of collective knowledge developed with Znanie’s lessons” forms a knowledge base that is already becoming an alternative to Wikipedia, “Dreval explained to Putin. Wikipedia, included in the list of government prohibited sites since 2012, for now it remains accessible in Russia. “A time of challenge and change always creates new opportunities. And speaking of opportunity we understood that it is very important to build on the story and its lessons. History has always been and will remain a crucial aspect “of our work, stressed Dreval, presenting to Putin the project for the celebrations of the imminent 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great throughout the country or the one for the marathon on new opportunities. , horizons and the role of Russia in the world scheduled for this month, between 17 and 19. An event to which Putin, who immediately responded positively, was invited to participate to give a lesson to the children.