Russia lifts Wikipedia ban after it edits drugs entry


Accessible again: The Russian-language version of Wikipedia is back up and running.

MOSCOW: Russia’s media watchdog said it had lifted a short-lived ban on Russian-language Wikipedia over an entry on a form of cannabis. 

Roskomnadzor said Wikipedia had complied with a court order and edited an entry about charas, a substance made from the resin of the cannabis plant. 

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