Officials have declared the Internet a medium through which radical nationalists can manipulate crowds and cause social unrest like the Manezh riots. Among other instances of crackdown on RuNet is one where a Russian blogger’s car was vandalized shortly after he had published a video on YouTube called "Our Mexican Bay,” which featured an oil spill that Russian authorities were ignoring.
Среди других мер, примененных к онлайн-активистам - инцидент с машиной Дмитрия Гудкова, разбитой вскоре после того, как ее хозяином было опубликовано видео под названием "Наш Мексиканский залив" о прорыве нефтяной скважины, так и не получившем никакой реакции со стороны властей.