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FWIW, most of Orwell's works, including essays, have been available for many years at https://orwell.ru/

These include "Such, such were the joys", referenced in the Guardian article when it states: "Neither will anyone be allowed to trespass on all the material that came to light post-1950 and which Davison painstakingly assembled in his compendious George Orwell: The Complete Works (1998). This includes Such, Such Were the Joys, the notorious account of his tribulations at a character-forming Sussex prep school, first published in the US in 1952 but not issued in the UK until as late as 1968, for fear of libel proceedings."

That essay is here, and has been for a long time:

https://orwell.ru/library/essays/joys/english/e_joys

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I think you might be misunderstanding the point of the article. They're talking about the hurdles you have to jump in order to reprint or adapt his writings, not just read them.

That makes me wonder why Russia would be interested in spreading Orwell's ideas.

This makes me wonder if people really accept the Western media's point of view that a population of 150 million act in unison as a singular being named "Russia".

The "Russia" he referenced isn't the general population. It's the political party that's in power, influencing the media and allowing/forbidding things to be associated with it.

Almost all nations actively shape their image, Russia is one of them. (Just as the usa)

In which case the remark doesn't make sense, as orwell.ru isn't run by Russian government/ruling party (presumably).

I think this is an example of the kind of armchair international relations pareidolia that shaves off much of the nuance of the real world. It tends to be mixed with main character syndrome.

It reminds me of a friend I knew who was terrified that the Chinese would search all his belongings and files once he landed in Beijing. Of course, once he got there he soon realized most people did not give a shit about what a random foreigner was up to

I think you're overthinking this. it probably would be just a Russian hobbyist who's interested in archiving Orwell's works. (Also since these are in the public domain in Russian territory)

I feel like it's being overlooked in this thread that mostly anyone can buy a .ru or .us domain, in fact ru domains are really affordable. A lot of country TLDs are available to non-citizens.

You think putin is personally hosting that site? The insane lunacy when it comes to putin, xi, trump, erdogan or whichever boogeyman the media/propagandists decides to scaremonger with.

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