Ruwiki (Wikipedia fork)
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Ruwiki (Russian: Рувики, romanized: Ruviki) is a Russian online encyclopedia.[1] It was launched in July 2023 as a fork of the Russian Wikipedia,[1] and has been described by some media groups as "Putin-friendly" and "Kremlin-compliant".[2][3] A full-scale launch took place on 15 January 2024.[4]
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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Available in | Russian |
Predecessor(s) | Russian Wikipedia |
Country of origin | Russia |
Founder(s) | Vladimir Medeyko |
URL | ruwiki |
Launched | 15 January 2024 |
Content license | Creative Commons Public License Attribution-Shared Terms 4.0 International |
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The project is led by Vladimir Medeyko, who was formerly involved with the Russian Wikipedia project and a director of Wikimedia Russia.[1][5] Medeyko reportedly created the project as an alternative to the Russian Wikipedia that is more friendly to the Russian government.[3]
The words "рувики" and its English version, "ruwiki", have long been used to refer to Russian Wikipedia among Wikipedians.[6]