Medvedev slams 'revolting' attack on his blog

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on law enforcement agencies to look into a cyber attack that took his blog offline for at least an hour a day earlier.

Medvedev's blog was the target of a "denial of service" attack on LiveJournal, a hosting website popular with government critics in Russia, where the Internet is a channel for popular discontent.

"I have received many appeals in connection with the ... attacks on LiveJournal. As an active user of (LiveJournal) I consider these actions revolting and illegal," Medvedev wrote in his blog.

"What has occurred should be examined by LiveJournal's administration and law enforcement agencies."

Medvedev is an avid Internet user and a champion of information technology. Russia has resisted placing restrictions on the Internet but analysts say hard-liners in the government and security services would like to impose controls similar to China's.

In a February newspaper interview, an influential deputy of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused managers at Google of stirring up trouble in the uprising in Egypt that led to the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.

The website of the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta was the target of a "denial of service" attack on Thursday, anti-virus expert Alexander Gostev of the Internet security company Kaspersky Labs told Ekho Moskvy radio.

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Russia's Internet is remarkably free and the home to often scathing criticism of Putin, Medvedev and the Russian elite.

LiveJournal hosts more than 4.7 million Russian bloggers.

Sup Media, the Moscow-based company that owns LiveJournal, said it was "delighted" that Medvedev had strongly criticized the attacks.

"We will continue to investigate the source of these attacks and work to improve our systems to prevent any recurrence," Sup Media Chief Executive Officer Annelies Van Den Belt said in a statement.