9. See http://www.libertarium.ru/libertarium/37988.
10. See http://www.iworld.ru/magazine/
index.phtml?fnct=page&p=93433812, (last
accessed April 10, 2007).
11. See http://www.libertarium.ru/libertarium/
14424/def_article_t?PRINT_VIEW=YES and
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990726S0
003 (last accessed April 1, 2007).
12. The Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act (CALEA), Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108
Stat. 4279 (1994).
13. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001,
(H.R.3162), http://thomas.loc.gov/cgibin/query/z?c107:H.R.3162.ENR.
14. Article 23 of the Constitution of the Russian
Federation, http://www.constitution.ru/en/
10003000-01.htm.
15. See http://www.worldpoliticswatch.com/
article.aspx?id=416.
16. Interview with Andrei Richter, Director, Media Law
and Policy Institute, Moscow State University, in
Moscow, Russia, March 28, 2006; Interview with
Alexey Simonov, President, Glasnost Defense
Foundation, in Moscow, Russia, March 27, 2006.
17. See “Election monitoring in Kyrgyzstan,” ONI Special
Report, February 15, 2005, http://www.opennetinitiative.net/special/kg/.
18. See “The Internet and elections: The 2006 presidential election in Belarus,” ONI Internet Watch 001,
http:// www.opennetinitiative.net/belarus/.
19. The inaccessibility of U.S.military Web sites was not
limited to the CIS region but was also observed in
numerous countries around the world. Future
research will focus on this issue of filtering that is
carried out by Web site hosts based on geolocation.
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10. See http://www.iworld.ru/magazine/
index.phtml?fnct=page&p=93433812, (last
accessed April 10, 2007).
11. See http://www.libertarium.ru/libertarium/
14424/def_article_t?PRINT_VIEW=YES and
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990726S0
003 (last accessed April 1, 2007).
12. The Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act (CALEA), Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108
Stat. 4279 (1994).
13. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001,
(H.R.3162), http://thomas.loc.gov/cgibin/query/z?c107:H.R.3162.ENR.
14. Article 23 of the Constitution of the Russian
Federation, http://www.constitution.ru/en/
10003000-01.htm.
15. See http://www.worldpoliticswatch.com/
article.aspx?id=416.
16. Interview with Andrei Richter, Director, Media Law
and Policy Institute, Moscow State University, in
Moscow, Russia, March 28, 2006; Interview with
Alexey Simonov, President, Glasnost Defense
Foundation, in Moscow, Russia, March 27, 2006.
17. See “Election monitoring in Kyrgyzstan,” ONI Special
Report, February 15, 2005, http://www.opennetinitiative.net/special/kg/.
18. See “The Internet and elections: The 2006 presidential election in Belarus,” ONI Internet Watch 001,
http:// www.opennetinitiative.net/belarus/.
19. The inaccessibility of U.S.military Web sites was not
limited to the CIS region but was also observed in
numerous countries around the world. Future
research will focus on this issue of filtering that is
carried out by Web site hosts based on geolocation.
Regional Overviews
185