From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 22:57:22 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Red Letter Day
Message-ID: <199612060657.WAA19189@netcom7.netcom.com>
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An entirely on-topic post from Dimitri:

>To: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Subject: Re: PGP in Russia
>From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
>Comments: All power to the ZOG!
>Date: Thu, 05 Dec 96 16:36:33 EST
>Organization: Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.
>Sender: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com
>Precedence: bulk
>
>harka@nycmetro.com writes:
>
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> it's been asked before but I don't know the current answer: Is the use
>> of PGP legal in Russia? And if it's not, how are the chances of a
>> foreigner in Russia using it anyway to get away with it?
>
>Cryptography is outlawed in Russia (search the archives for my articles
>circa April '95). You can probably get away with using it anyway, but
>they just might make an example out of you. :-)
>
>---
>
>Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
>Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
>

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