BezFormata - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: BezFormata, Online media

Incident date: April 23, 2022

Attack type:

request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Salekhard

Additional information:

At the demand of the General Prosecutor's Office, Roskomnadzor has blocked a news story about Russian army losses in Ukraine on the Russian regional news website BezFormata. The editorial board removed the news story.

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