Internet ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev attends a news conference in Moscow
Internet ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev attends a news conference in Moscow July 16, 2014. With an estimated 75 million people online in Russia, up from just 2 million when Vladimir Putin came to power in 1999, the reach of the Internet dwarfs that of the clandestine texts shared, at high risk, among intellectuals during the Cold War. Where elderly Communist librarians once stood guard over copy machines, activists say a slew of regulations this year aim to police the web at one step removed, enabling authorities to target leading dissenting voices, lean on social networks and telecoms companies and encourage self-censorship. Picture taken July 16, 2014. To match Insight RUSSIA-INTERNET/ REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY POLITICS BUSINESS)