Russia's première social network: Zhivoy Zhurnal, ZheZhe

Interesting news story from the Beeb about the mighty Russian-owned social network, Zhivoy Zhurnal - or ZheZhe for short. In Roman, that would be... "LJ".

LiveJournal: Russia's unlikely internet giant

As Russia prepares to elect a new president this weekend, voters are more fired up than they have been for a decade. It's partly due to an internet revolution that has challenged the state's power to control public opinion - and to the blogging platform LiveJournal.