Who is scared of Russian?

The upcoming launch of the Russian Cyrillic top-level domain finds itself under attack from the US- a reminiscence of the Cold-War Era. The by-correspondence polemic promises to be a heated one.... if NYT ever dare to take the challenge.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/l/clifford_j_levy/index.html

Sergey Mironov vs. John Lennon

The list of those keen to bowdlerize the Internet is growing. In a move to bolster the public morale, a Russian policy maker stands toll to counter noisome content. His somewhat bizarre ideas have found an unusual commentator, the late John Lennon.