Grigory Pasko has a new one over at Dialogue of Trust:

During the past three years it has become not only fashionable in Russia to keep an online diary – it has also become quite risky. The restrictions on free information in Russia led to a growth in independent media platforms and blogs written by people of various professional backgrounds, and from different age groups, are one such outlet and source of information. Russian bloggers express opinions about local events and, as a consequence, often suffer persecution from the authorities in their area. Since 2006 at least seven bloggers have been taken to court in various Russian cities and found guilty of a number of different offences. This year bloggers in Russia were again put on trial but there was no let up in their attempts to voice opinions, state positions and communicate problems to the country’s leadership.