Andréi y Matvéi tratan de huir de Togliatti, su ciudad natal, industrial y deprimida, con la esperanza de escapar de sus miserables familias y encontrar algo mejor en el oeste de Rusia. Jóvenes, homosexuales y sin dinero, sobreviven entre situaciones tan cómicas como trágicas, alimentados por sueños que siempre parecen aplazarse. Springfield no es solo una historia de amor y desarraigo: es un retrato generacional, contado con humor y crudeza, de quienes crecieron bajo el peso de la represi...

This book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the Internet in Russia and its impact on various aspects of social life. The contributions discuss topics such as the features of the Russian media system and digitization processes, the history of the Runet, national Internet markets and the Internet economy, as well as legal aspects. By presenting the results of relevant case studies, it illustrates the process of integrating the Russian segment of the Internet into the international sy...

This book offers a comparative perspective on the technological, economic, and political aspects of Internet development in the post-Soviet countries. In doing so, international experts analyze similarities and differences in various countries throughout the chapters.The volume consists of two parts. The chapters of the first part examine the post-Soviet area as a whole. The second part includes specific case studies on the development of the Internet, either in individual countrie...