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Ruwiki (Russian: Рувики, romanized: Ruviki) is a Russian multilingual online encyclopedia, with editions in Russian and other languages of the Russian Federation. It was launched on 24 June 2023 as a fork of the Russian-language Wikipedia, and has been described by media as "Putin-friendly" and "Kremlin-compliant", as well as a "[Russian] state-sponsored encyclopedia that is a clone of the original Russian Wikipedia but which conveniently has been edited to omit things that could cast the Russian government in poor light." A full-scale launch took place on 15 January 2024.
The project is led by Vladimir Medeyko, who was formerly involved with the Russian Wikipedia project and was a director of Wikimedia RU. Medeyko reportedly created the project as an alternative to the Russian Wikipedia, which would be 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on Vladimir Medeyko, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
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- 1WikidataVladimir Medeyko on Wikidata
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- 14Wikimedia CommonsVladimir Medeyko photo by Замыслов Вячеслав Валерьевич, CC BY-SA 4.0