Affiliated media: Novy Kaliningrad.ru, News site
Incident date: June 10, 2017
Attack type:
- Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Glasnost Defence Foundation
Location: Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad
Additional information:
The news site “Novy Kaliningrad.Ru" (New Kaliningrad.Ru) was not available to users of the providers Beeline, TTC and Gazprom Telecom for a morning. At 14:30, Beeline lifted its blocking of the site. Users of other providers continued to experience problems accessing the site. The day before, it was revealed that the website could be blocked due to a vulnerability in the monitoring and blocking mechanism of sites created by Roskomnadzor.