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The youth component of Russias parliament has come up with a new initiative to improve Russias image online by submittingthousands of articles to Wikipedia that carry full and truthful information about the achievements and exploits of the Russian people. The Youth Parliament of the Russian Federation State Assembly announced the Virtual Front campaignbecause Wikipedia carriesdestructive and falsified information about Russia.

The chairman of the Youth Parliament, State Duma deputy Natalia Kuvshinova said at a recentpress conferencein Moscow thatthe campaign was not only meant to produce10,000 articles, but to also raise Russians awareness about unreliable information on the internet and social networks.

The project would help clean dirt from the media, saidDeputy General Viktor Vodolatsky.

The Youth Parliament was created to promote legislative regulation of the rights and interests of Russian youth in the State Duma, and has organized other patriotic campaigns in the past.

The coordinator of the initiative Kseniya Selezneva, told Vocativ that they want to highlight Russian achievements in history and write about heroes of the Great Patriotic War [Russians term for World War II]. According to their Vkontakte page, they want to write not only about historybut also about modernRussian heroes. She said the project was being carried out by volunteers and their enthusiasm.

According to Wikipedia statistics, there are currently over 1.3 million in the Russian language compared to some 5.3 million in English.

This isnt the first Russian project aimed at improving Russias online image. Last week, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Ministry of ForeignAffairs saidthe Ministry would begin collecting fake news of leading western media. Her comments were followed by remarks fromDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who recentlysaidRussia has created an information warfare directorate within the defense ministry toengage in counterpropaganda.

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Russians Want To Make Wikipedia More 'Truthful' And Patriotic - Vocativ