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Novgorodian ushkuyniks capturing Kostroma, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century). The ushkuyniks (Russian: ушкуйники, romanized: ushkuyniki, sg. ушкуйник, ushkuynik), also spelled ushkuiniks, were medieval Novgorodian pirates who operated in the north of European Russia as well as along the Volga River until the 15th century.
In December 2009, Russian-based Internet provider Yota, with over 100,000 subscribers [9] blocked access to some Russian opposition Internet resources for its Moscow-based subscribers for a few days. This occurred after the chief prosecutor of St. Petersburg recommended that the company prevent access to extremist resources.
In 2007, a Pirate Party movement in Russia called the Pirate Union-League of Сreative Freedom (SP - LTS) became inactive. Two years later, in the summer of 2009, it was succeeded by the modern Pirate Party of Russia, founded in light of the success of other international pirate parties.
The Ushkuiniks were medieval Russian Novgorodian river pirates from the tenth to fourteenth centuries, a Slavic version of the Vikings, through fighting, killing, and robbery. In the sixteenth-century reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible , the legendary explorer and soldier Yermak Timofeyevich , was a Russian Cossack river pirate along the Volga or ...
The Russian Ministry of Defence said it prevented pirates from hijacking a civilian ship in the Gulf of Guinea area of the Atlantic Ocean on October 25.According to the ministry, a Panama-flagged ...
Pages in category "Russian pirates" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Internet pirates took another hit this week as dozens of anime piracy websites — including the popular Aniwave site — suddenly went dark. Fans were in mourning after the sites went down ...
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