Affiliated media: The New Times, Editorial

Incident date: January 15, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Yevgenia Albats' Facebook page

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the request of Roskomnadzor, the editors removed from The New Times website the article dated November 19, the Facebook repost by the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergei Smirnov, regarding the new law on blocking social networks. The mention of Jehovah's Witnesses prompted the Roskomnadzor claims.