Ruwiki (website)
Ruwiki (Russian: Рувики, romanized: Ruviki) is a Russian online encyclopedia. It was launched in July 2023 as a fork of the Russian Wikipedia, and has been described by some media groups as "Putin-friendly" and "Kremlin-compliant". A full-scale launch took place on January 15, 2024.
Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The project is led by Vladimir Medeyko, who was formerly involved with the Russian Wikipedia project and a director of Wikimedia Russia. Medeyko has been reported to have created the project as an alternative to the Russian Wikipedia that is more friendly to the Russian government.
The words "рувики" and its English version, "ruwiki", have long been used to refer to Russian Wikipedia among Wikipedians.
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