Affiliated media: Most, News website

Incident date: August 8, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media blocked the Kherson-based media MOST for Russian users. The reason for the blocking was the demand of the General Prosecutor’s Office of July 15, 2022, referring to Article 15.3 of the law «On Information, Information Technology and Information Protection».