Russia may abolish its failed 'Bloggers' Registry'

The russian legislation would prohibit the so-called "Bloggers' Registry" created in 2014

Russian lawmakers in the State Duma have introduced legislation that would abolish the so-called “Bloggers’ Registry” created in 2014, which saddles popular bloggers with special regulations.

According to the draft law’s explanatory note, the rules designed three years ago for bloggers have “proved to be ineffective.”

In 2014, the Russian federal government enacted a law adding any blogger with a daily audience greater than 3,000 people to a registry managed by Roskomnadzor, the government censor. In the past three years, officials have added roughly 2,000 websites to the registry.

According to the law, any blogger who lands on the government’s