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title: "Russians are racing to download Wikipedia before it gets banned"
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# Russians are racing to download Wikipedia before it gets banned

[Link →](https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/russia-wikipedia-download-kiwix.html)

> [Andy Baio](https://waxy.org/2022/03/russians-are-racing-to-download-wikipedia-before-its-banned/): The 29 GB torrent was downloaded 106k times in the first half of March, a 4,000% increase since January.