Alexey Soldatov, known as the 'father of the Russian Internet,' was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of allegedly misusing IP addresses, a conviction widely seen as politically motivated.
Soldatov, who was pivotal in developing the Russian Internet, asserts that the accusations against him are unfounded and his family and supporters believe they stem from political retaliation.
During his tenure as Russia's Deputy Minister of Communications, Soldatov championed key developments for the Internet in Russia, advocating against isolating it from global networks.
As a nuclear scientist turned internet pioneer, Soldatov led the first Soviet connection to the global internet, helping to establish the Relcom network as a bastion of uncensored communication during the 1991 KGB coup.
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