Filmmaker traces history of Russian internet in new film In the early days of Russia's internet, hippies founded the first telecoms venture with the US, an astrophysicist ran the country's most visited website, and providers punished hackers by kneecapping them with baseball bats. The heady time, which coincided with the breakup of Soviet Union, is now the subject of a new documentary by journalist Andrei Loshak. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of an interview with Andrei Loshak