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With sincere and deep pain we announce that on August 20 the Romani activist and editor of the internet network Roma Virtual Network Valery Novoselsky has passed away! Valery was in Riga, where he was engaged in a Roma Music Festival. The sad news was spread by the Roma Times magazine http://www.romatimes.news/index.php/en-us/nevipena/121-nevipe/1248-the-famous-romani-activist-and-editor-of-roma-virtual-network,-valery-novoselsky-has-passed-away

Valery Novoselsky was born on April 15, 1970 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, former Soviet Union. In 1995 he emigrated to Israel. In 1999 he started developing a Roma virtual network which quickly became the largest channel for information about Roma. Being a platform for thousands of Roma and pro-Roma organizations, activists, researchers and public figures, the network daily reaches thousands of users worldwide. Publications in the virtual network covered a wide range of information on Roma: news of events, opinions, analysis ... Because of its rapid expansion Roma Virtual Network proliferate into "national" Roma networks that transmit information about Roma from a certain country, for example. BulgarianRoma and many other. And it started long before the era of Facebook and Tuiter.

Through his activities Valery created a virtual Roma world that knew no boundaries! There were no restrictions on the use of languages - English, national languages and naturally -Romani. There were no limitations on the types of messages - articles, news, letters ... There was no censorship of ideas presented. The only thing Valery wanted to limit were personal attacks and slander among Roma activists and false / incorrect information (in one of his last interviews Valery emphasized that the accuracy of information is more important than the speed of its receive).

Of course, as every world created by man Roma virtual world had its drawbacks. Its creator sometimes regretted that intellectual debates were rare, many organizations did not write about their activities, personal attacks between Roma "leaders" were routine. Valery himself often remained completely unappreciated: users of the Roma Virtual Network were accustomed to its services, but few felt the need to contribute to its maintenance and development. Even fewer were aware of the energy and dedication of the creator of the network.

Creation if a world is divine.. Be always close to God, Valery! We'll miss you!