thrwway34

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   by thrwway34 6y ago

   According to their 'memoirs' they made a dialup connection to Finland in 1989: second link from 'History' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMOS_(ISP)
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   by thrwway34 6y ago

   There were plenty of markets and black markets in USSR. Most of the time the only reliable source of meat and poultry for ordinary citizen was a "Farmer's Market" (Колхозный Рынок).
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   by thrwway34 6y ago

   Actually it appeared a little before 1991, in 1989. There was first Internet connection to Finland in Demos institute (their demos.su domain is still operational) and I can remember reading their Usenet posting about communist coup d'e
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   by thrwway34 6y ago

   You really think only East Germans had issues with espionage?
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   by thrwway34 6y ago

   Are they still censoring anything that's considered offensive to Putin or Kremlin?