Dmitry Bogatov arrested by Russian authorities

[freeBogatov]

debian.org/News/2017/20170417

Statement concerning the arrest of Dmitry Bogatov

April 17th, 2017

The Debian Project is concerned to hear that one of our members, Dmitry Bogatov, has been arrested by Russian authorities.

Dmitry is a mathematics teacher, and an active Debian contributor. As a Debian Maintainer, he worked in the Debian Haskell group and currently maintains several packages for command line and system tools.

We await further details of the case against him, but hope that he receives fair treatment and due process.

In the meantime, the Debian Project has taken measures to secure its systems by removing Dmitry's keys in the case that they are compromised.

The Debian Project honours his good work and strong dedication to Debian and Free Software, and we hope he is back as soon as possible to his endeavours.

We send our full support to him and his family.

 
eff.org/deeplinks/2017/04/access-now-and-eff-condemn-arrest-tor-node-operator-dmitry-bogatov-russia

Access Now and EFF Condemn the Arrest of Tor Node Operator Dmitry Bogatov in Russia
By Eva Galperin
April 24, 2017

This post was written in collaboration with Amie Stepanovich at Access Now.

On April 6, Russian math instructor Dmitry Bogatov was arrested in Moscow and charged with “preparing to organize mass disorder” and making “public calls for terrorist activity” due to a gross misunderstanding about the operation of the Tor internet anonymization service. Bogatov is accused of authoring a series of online posts published to the sysadmins.ru discussion platform on March 29 under the username “Ayrat Bashirov.” One post called for protesters to attend an unsanctioned, anonymously organized demonstration on April 2 with “rags, bottles, gas, turpentine, styrofoam, and acetone.” Another post linked to the music video for Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild,” described by investigators as “a video recording with insubordination to the legal demands of the police, and mass disorder.”

The posts appear to have come from the IP address of a server located in Bogatov’s home, but this server is a part of the Tor network—an exit node that routes anonymous traffic from all over the world and makes it appear to have originated from that computer.

There is considerable evidence that Bogatov did not post the content at issue. According to a Global Voices report, “Surveillance footage shows Bogatov and his wife leaving a supermarket four minutes before one of the posts was made on March 29. Given that the supermarket is half a kilometer from their home, it is unlikely that Bogatov could have made it home and posted online within four minutes.” Additionally, “Ayrat Bashirov” has continued posting on the forum and has even exchanged messages with an Open Russia journalist explicitly denying that he is Bogatov.

Tor exit node operators mistakenly accused of crimes committed from their exit nodes is nothing new. This is one of the reasons that EFF cautions against running an exit node in your home in its Legal FAQ for Tor Relay Operators. In the past, law enforcement has always backed down once it had become clear that they had the wrong party.

But rather than acknowledge their mistake, the Investigative Committee (the main federal investigative committee in the Russian Federation), appears to be doubling down. When a judge initially ruled that the charges against Bogatov were not serious enough to justify his continued detention, the Investigative Committee added the second, more serious charge of inciting terrorism. Days later, the court upheld the additional charges, formally arrested Bogatov, and ordered that he be held until his trial date on June 8.

The arrest comes in midst of an online crackdown related to anti-corruption protests in cities across Russia on April 2. The protests have resulted in the arrest of hundreds of individuals, including Leonid Volkov, who was arrested for having livestreamed the protests. Volkov was detained for ten days, and as a result was unable to attend RightsCon, where he was scheduled to speak about Russian surveillance systems.

As global organizations working to defend human rights, Access Now and EFF condemn Dmitry Bogatov’s continued detention and the detention of others by Russia or other governments for exercising their human rights or facilitating increased internet security. Put simply: running a Tor exit node is not a crime and Tor exit node operators should not be treated like criminals.

 
blog.torproject.org/blog/statement-regarding-dmitry-bogatov

Statement regarding Dmitry Bogatov
Posted April 13th, 2017 by jgay

The Tor Project has been following with interest the case of Dmitry Bogatov in Russia, but we have no insight or information other than what we've been reading on publicly available websites.

The Tor Project does not collect any information or data that can be used to identify users of the Tor network. We do collect and publish information about Tor exit nodes and relays when relay operators voluntarily choose to send such information to the Tor Project servers. Data about individual Tor relays and the Tor network can be explored through the following sites:

    Metrics Portal provides analytics for the Tor network, including graphs of its available bandwidth and estimated userbase;
    Atlas is a web application to learn about currently running Tor relays; and
    ExoneraTor answers the question of whether there was a Tor relay running on a given IP address on a given date.

What we know right now is that serious accusations of wrongdoing have been made against a valued member of our community, a person who has, among other things, been a Tor relay operator, Debian Developer, GNU developer, and privacy activist. We are collecting facts, monitoring the situation closely, and sharing information with allied organizations and individuals.

 
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[criptix]

Puck futin...

[drachman]

Puck futin...

But what do you mean? What if I exchange the the first two letters… oh I see what you did there.

[Sithara007]

He was arrested more than a month back. The Russian authorities have been trying to arrest anyone associated with the TOR browser project. So far, they have been unable to catch the big fish (especially the Alphabay owners and moderators).

[Lancusters]

I think that Putin started the preparations for the elections. TOR allows you to not only privately, surf the Internet, but also to visit the pages closed by Russian authorities. Probably this is not the last arrest. Under threat are all programmers who are working on anonymity.

[Slow death]

He was arrested more than a month back. The Russian authorities have been trying to arrest anyone associated with the TOR browser project. So far, they have been unable to catch the big fish (especially the Alphabay owners and moderators).

very sad

A month in jail and a lot of time, when it comes to putin, I doubt very much that Bogatov left so early in prison

I can not imagine the pain his family must be going through

[Sithara007]

very sad

A month in jail and a lot of time, when it comes to putin, I doubt very much that Bogatov left so early in prison

I can not imagine the pain his family must be going through

They are trying the carrot and stick approach. The authorities want him to give information on those who are working with the TOR browser nodes. So far, her has refused to divulge any information to them.

[Kemarit]

Wow. Dmitri Bogatov was arrested for running a Tor node in Russia? And he will be charged with Terrorism? This looks like Putin is purging is constituents. With the Tor node down in Russia, Russia can't go online without being anonymous. He remains in custody at this time and I hope we will be found not guilty as charged. Maybe you guys are right that Putin is clamping down anyone who is against him and he wants to stay in power as long as he can.

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Run a Tor relay with nickname that contains Bogatov or KAction in solidarity.

Tor activists have launched a flashmob on April 12 and call all Tor relay administrators to run or rename their relays using #freeBogatov or #KAction.

Tor Project website has a guide on how to do it. You can run relay at your home (In that case it recommended to not run an exit relay, but middle relay, that way no negative activity will come from your IP.

You can also limit bandwidth if you don't want to give full bandwidth to the Tor network) or rent a server. Here is a list of hosters tried by activists who are running Tor relays. As for April 18, 45 relays and exit nodes have been launched in solidarity with Dmitry. See here and here to view the lists of relays.

[Sithara007]

Wow. Dmitri Bogatov was arrested for running a Tor node in Russia? And he will be charged with Terrorism? This looks like Putin is purging is constituents. With the Tor node down in Russia, Russia can't go online without being anonymous. He remains in custody at this time and I hope we will be found not guilty as charged. Maybe you guys are right that Putin is clamping down anyone who is against him and he wants to stay in power as long as he can.

As far as I know, it is still possible to use the TOR browser in Russia. Only some of the nodes have been shut down, and the others are running. Even if the nodes in Russia are terminated, the users there can access TOR using nodes from other regions.

[nonjusty]

russia = north korea

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[merchantofzeny]

He was arrested more than a month back. The Russian authorities have been trying to arrest anyone associated with the TOR browser project. So far, they have been unable to catch the big fish (especially the Alphabay owners and moderators).

These governments really are trying to clamp down on anything that dissidents might be able to use in the future. Russia and Turkey seem to  be sliding into more authoritarianism.

[Hueristic]

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[Hueristic]

I need a config file for a bridged relay on winblows. The expert bundle doesn't even have a sample and I'm sick of reading pages. Feel free to pm me the ip line is you don't want to drop that in a p8ublic forum.

[freeBogatov]

I need a config file for a bridged relay on winblows. The expert bundle doesn't even have a sample and I'm sick of reading pages. Feel free to pm me the ip line is you don't want to drop that in a p8ublic forum.

do you want to be standard bridge or obfs4 bridge

will post both here asap

basic bridge
torproject.org/docs/bridges.html.en#RunningABridge

torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#torrc

Code:

    SocksPort 0
    ORPort auto
    BridgeRelay 1
    Exitpolicy reject *:*

seeking information for obfs4 with expert bundle on windows  dont know if option  running basic bridge is good to

[Hueristic]

I need a config file for a bridged relay on winblows. The expert bundle doesn't even have a sample and I'm sick of reading pages. Feel free to pm me the ip line is you don't want to drop that in a p8ublic forum.

do you want to be standard bridge or obfs4 bridge

will post both here asap

Thanks Bridged relay, and I need a compiled winblows obfs4proxy which I just cannot find.

This is what I have added so far.

Code:

## obfs4proxy configuration
ClientTransportPlugin obfs2,obfs3,obfs4,scramblesuit exec C:\Utils\tor bridged relay\Tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy

#Bridge config
RunAsDaemon 1
ORPort 9001
BridgeRelay 1
#ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy
ExtORPort auto
#UseBridges 1
Bridge scramblesuit .<redacted ip, port and key>
Bridge scramblesuit <redacted ip, port and key>
Bridge scramblesuit <redacted ip, port and key>

#Set your bridge nickname and contact info
 Nickname FuckPutonAndTrump
    ContactInfo Vladimir Puton


    Exitpolicy reject *:*
   

When I enable
UseBridges 1
tor fails to load

[freeBogatov]

When I enable
UseBridges 1
tor fails to load

UseBridges

are for clients that need to use bridges to enter the Tor network

if you run a bridge you need only BridgeRelay 1

[xslugx]

russia = north korea

No.

I mean Russia has tons of problems I'm NOT denying that.
I just want to point out that North Korea is really a crazy country.
North Koreans are barelly humans anymore. And I don't want to be rude or anything. It's just that they were born and "educated" in a country where EVERY CHOICE is made by the government. E V E R Y C H O I C E

Your hair, your clothes, what you eat, what you read, what you say, what you sing, what you discuss, who you appreciate, who you hate...
It's very close to brainwashing and people never make any choice on their own. That means they're... They're clearly having huge trouble to think properly if they're left alone.