There are also some good historical articles on Lurkmore. I even know who I'll find them about.
1) Any article on Lurkmore is funny, and this is due to the style, not the merits of a particular person. More precisely, it's less about the second and more about the first, but I would like it to be the other way around.
2) In Russia, to access Lurkmore, you will have to use Tor or some VPN.