Mark Bernstein (Wikimedian)

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Mark Bernstein () is a blogger and editor of the Russian , based in Minsk. In March 2022, Bernstein was detained by the Belarusian GUBOPiK security force after online accusations of violating the 2022 Russian fake news law for his editing of articles on the topic of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Bernstein edits under the username Pessimist2006. From late 2009 Bernstein advised new editors to first learn from the editing patterns of experienced editors, and to be prepared for working together with editors holding very different and often opposed viewpoints, which he saw as a key to the development of articles.
2022 detention
When some editors of the Russian claimed that the name "Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)" violates 's policy to present information from a neutral point of view, Bernstein said, "Russian troops invaded the territory of Ukraine. It's just a fact, not a point of view".
On 10 March 2022, a Russian propaganda online messaging forum on Telegram, Mrakoborets (, a Harry Potter reference), published private information about Bernstein and accused him of violating a new Russian law against publishing fake news. The forum claimed that Bernstein's editing of articles on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine violated the new law.
On 11 March 2022, the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates and other Wikimedia projects, stated in response to an enquiry about Bernstein's detention that the Foundations' "Trust and Safety and Human Rights teams monitoring the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and in close touch with communities in the region to ensure their safety and respond to their needs."<ref name="Verge_top_WP_editor_arrested" />
Personal life
, Bernstein lived in Minsk in Belarus.<ref name="Mir_Encyclopedia_Bernstein_of_top50" />

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