Affiliated media: Meduza's Vkontakte page , Public group of the news outlet

Incident date: March 10, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Meduza

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The administration of the social network VKontakte has blocked Meduza's page at the demand of the Prosecutor General's Office. The notification from the Prosecutor General's Office was dated February 24. It said that the Meduza group «deliberately posted false information of public importance», including «information materials on Russia's alleged attack on the territory of Ukraine». Meduza's website was blocked on March 3.