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[Global Voices Online] It has been more than a month since Kazakhstan’s telecom monopolist blocked access of the users to Livejournal, the most popular blog platform in the Central Asian country. At the same time, the networks of online discussions did not get bleaker, still providing speedy reaction to the socio-political and economic developments and vibrant activity of the blogosphere.

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[www.neweurasia.net - Blogging Central Asia] www.neweurasia.net - Blogging Central Asia » Kazakhstan: Blocked ...: Although LiveJournal, the major blog platform on the post-Soviet space, including Kazakhstan, is still not accessible through the national telecom monopolist Kazakhtelecom, Internet enthusiasts find their way to express their opinions online. The main topic - as, probably, elsewhere these days - is economics.

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[Global Voices Online] Global Voices Online » Kazakhstan: LiveJournal Blocked: At the same time, LiveJournal is still accessible from Kazakhstan only through several independent providers like 2Day Telecom and Ducat. The overwhelming majority of users are forced to use bypass unconventional methods to enter the LiveJournal service and continue blogging - among these ways are a mirror, mylj.ru, and a couple of online anonymizers.

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