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It means bloggers with more than 3,000 daily readers must register with the mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, and conform to the regulations that govern the c

It means bloggers with more than 3,000 daily readers must register with the mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, and conform to the regulations that govern the country's larger media outlets. We have a simillar law in Poland, good old communist legacy. Formally, you need to register every media outlet with the court. Whether this applies to blogs is unclear, and it's generally not enforced. But it could be. Which is a situation bureaucrats love. I'm guessing that this is how it will work in Russia. No one will get in trouble for praising Putin on their unregistered website.

viraptor 12y ago
Yes, the old system loved registration of everything. In theory you're still supposed to also notify of the new place you live at if you spend there over 3 days. In practice nobody cares.
- VMG 12y ago
  In practice, all of these unenforced rules are suddenly enforced if you can't get the undesirable person on anything else. > “One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” -- Ayn You-Know-Who
  - zavulon 12y ago
    It's pretty much how business law already works over there. The tax system is set up in such way that it's impossible for a business to pay all taxes and still turn in a profit. So all businesses cheat on their taxes. Majority of business deals are made with a huge cash component - if a contract is for 100K, it's written for 30K and 70K is paid in cash under the table. Until they run afoul of the government, it's considered to be ok and nobody gets in trouble. However, the minute government wants to acquire or close that business, they accuse the business of tax fraud, hit them with huge fines, close them down, throw the founders in jail, etc.
    - viraptor 12y ago
      > So all businesses cheat on their taxes. Wow. This is a perfect place for "[citation needed]". Same for the rest of the message really.
- vetinari 12y ago
  It may surprise you, but this same applies in western part of Europe too. Hotels, B&Bs and other accommodation facilities do that for you (that's why they want your ID).
  - viraptor 12y ago
    They don't report your temporary living location to the government though. At least not in majority of Europe as far as I know. It's definitely not the case in the UK for example.
    - vetinari 12y ago
      It is the UK that is the expection, most of the EU has mandatory registration at Melderegister or the local equivalent. In D/A/CH, it goes back for centuries.
Elhana 12y ago
Russian government already explained that it will not be enforced if you just post kitten pics and have over 3000 subscribers.
- dictum 12y ago
  I wonder what the "grass mud horse" of Russian kitten pic bloggers will be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_mud_horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_mud_horse
- Elhana 12y ago
  I don't know if i'm getting downvoted because I haven't posted the source for the info or something else, but here is the link to an interview: http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/22/rkn/ http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/22/rkn/ You'll have to google translate it, which is the reason I haven't included it to begin with.

viraptor 12y ago

Yes, the old system loved registration of everything. In theory you're still supposed to also notify of the new place you live at if you spend there over 3 days. In practice nobody cares.

VMG 12y ago
In practice, all of these unenforced rules are suddenly enforced if you can't get the undesirable person on anything else. > “One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” -- Ayn You-Know-Who
- zavulon 12y ago
  It's pretty much how business law already works over there. The tax system is set up in such way that it's impossible for a business to pay all taxes and still turn in a profit. So all businesses cheat on their taxes. Majority of business deals are made with a huge cash component - if a contract is for 100K, it's written for 30K and 70K is paid in cash under the table. Until they run afoul of the government, it's considered to be ok and nobody gets in trouble. However, the minute government wants to acquire or close that business, they accuse the business of tax fraud, hit them with huge fines, close them down, throw the founders in jail, etc.
  - viraptor 12y ago
    > So all businesses cheat on their taxes. Wow. This is a perfect place for "[citation needed]". Same for the rest of the message really.
vetinari 12y ago
It may surprise you, but this same applies in western part of Europe too. Hotels, B&Bs and other accommodation facilities do that for you (that's why they want your ID).
- viraptor 12y ago
  They don't report your temporary living location to the government though. At least not in majority of Europe as far as I know. It's definitely not the case in the UK for example.
  - vetinari 12y ago
    It is the UK that is the expection, most of the EU has mandatory registration at Melderegister or the local equivalent. In D/A/CH, it goes back for centuries.

Elhana 12y ago

Russian government already explained that it will not be enforced if you just post kitten pics and have over 3000 subscribers.

dictum 12y ago
I wonder what the "grass mud horse" of Russian kitten pic bloggers will be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_mud_horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_mud_horse
Elhana 12y ago
I don't know if i'm getting downvoted because I haven't posted the source for the info or something else, but here is the link to an interview: http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/22/rkn/ http://lenta.ru/articles/2014/07/22/rkn/ You'll have to google translate it, which is the reason I haven't included it to begin with.