Russia has blocked an unbiased TV channel and a liberal radio station for spreading “intentionally false info” about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian information businesses reported Tuesday.
The transfer comes six days after Russian troops attacked its Western-backed neighbor with violence escalating within the capital Kyiv and the jap metropolis of Kharkiv.
Russia’s prosecutor common ordered the nation’s media watchdog to “prohibit entry” to the Dozhd TV channel and Ekho Moskvy radio.
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It mentioned the ban comes over the “purposeful and systematic” posting of “info calling for extremist exercise, violence” and “intentionally false details about the actions of Russian navy personnel” in Ukraine.
Each web sites have been unavailable in Russia shortly after the announcement, in keeping with AFP journalists.
The chief editor of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, mentioned on Telegram the radio station was taken off air.
The previous yr has seen an unprecedented crackdown on unbiased and demanding voices in Russia.
Dozens of media staff and unbiased retailers – together with Dozhd – have been designated “overseas brokers” by authorities.
A time period with Soviet-era undertones, the standing obliges these slapped with the label to reveal sources of funding and label publications – together with social media posts – with a tag or face fines.
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