Novaya Volna - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Novaya Volna, Podcast

Incident date: July 5, 2022

Attack type:

request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the demand of Roskomnadzor, Yandex.Music removed the first episode of the podcast Novaya Volna, which is recorded by journalists Alexander Polivanov and Ilya Krasilshchik, former head of Yandex.Lavka. In the podcast, they talk about life in emigration. Yandex.Music referred to the demand of the Prosecutor General's Office of June 30.

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