Roscomnadzor made in the register of banned websites at least 1 page Bonhams with a photo of Jock Sturges in the description of the auction lot. Due to technological reasons, the number of Russian ISPs may block the website of the English auction as a whole

About this situation two days ago I reported RBC citing a website Roskomsvoboda. About the brand theme Jock Sturges (Sturges, Jock), you could hear it in the context of the recent defeat of his exhibition at the Lumiere. Specific prohibited link will not lead, it still works, and believe me, there is really nothing good.

AI checked locking information through the official website Roskomnadzor through its Unified register of domain names, pointers pages of sites in the Internet and network addresses allowing to identify sites in a network the Internet, containing information which dissemination in the Russian Federation is prohibited.

the Information was confirmed. Access to page is restricted (see screenshot). Date of entry in the registry — 25.01.2017.

Why after a week and a half link is still open? In practice, the actual lock is not lightning fast and all at-разному. Some quickly. Some in a few days. Some providers can block only specific restricted page. But some of them block the entire site as a whole or even all sites that are located on the same server is forbidden. It's easier.

That is, under unfavorable circumstances, in a few days the entire site Bonhams may cease to open the part of Russian ISPs. Not a bad page, and the whole auction. And that's the problem. Bonhams, remember, one of the oldest auction houses. In addition, he was for many years pursued a "Russian auction", special auction items of the orbit of Russian art buyers are often our compatriots.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: rkn.gov.ru; 5-tv.ru; artinvestment.ru