Affiliated media: MR7 , News Publication

Incident date: January 21, 2025

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: OVD.info

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg

Additional information:

At the request of Roskomnadzor (Russian state communications regulator), the Russian Supreme court revoked the license of Saint-Petersburg publication MR7. This was as a result of missing 'foreign-agent' designations on two news articles on their site. These were to do with the politician Boris Vishnevskiy, and the Kyrgyz group SK SOS, which are on the 'foreign-agent' list. Roskomnadzor considered this to be misuse of the media, though the editors added the designations after receiving a warning.