BBC Russian Service - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: BBC Russian Service, News website

Incident date: March 4, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor has blocked access to the BBC Russian Service website (bbcrussian.com). It is included in the register of websites «containing calls for mass riots, extremism, and participation in illegal mass actions». Earlier, Roskomnadzor demanded that a number of materials of the BBC Russian Service about the war in Ukraine, which allegedly contained «unreliable information of public importance», be removed.

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