The new version in English has a warning on it that it's not official, and a link to the official Russian one.
The short version: Everyone using LJ is subject to Russian communications laws.
Russia has no freedom-of-speech nor privacy rights. They are claiming the right to send you ads through your LJ email, and requiring "adult content" to be labeled as such - and by Russian law, that may mean "any content that even mentions the existence of gay people."
Blog posters may be responsible for the contents of comments. Blogs that get over 3000 views in a day (or, that have over 3k followers; details unclear and are in the Russian version) are subject to "mass media" rules, which may require contact info/legal names being provided. (The owners, not the commenters.)
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The short version: Everyone using LJ is subject to Russian communications laws.
Russia has no freedom-of-speech nor privacy rights. They are claiming the right to send you ads through your LJ email, and requiring "adult content" to be labeled as such - and by Russian law, that may mean "any content that even mentions the existence of gay people."
Blog posters may be responsible for the contents of comments. Blogs that get over 3000 views in a day (or, that have over 3k followers; details unclear and are in the Russian version) are subject to "mass media" rules, which may require contact info/legal names being provided. (The owners, not the commenters.)