Colta.ru - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Colta.ru, Online news outlet

Incident date: March 11, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, Roskomnadzor blocked the Golos observers association's websites, For Human Rights movement, and Amnesty International's Eastern Europe and Central Asia offices. Media outlets Colta.ru, which suspended its work after the start of the war with Ukraine, Sotnik-tv.ru, the website of blogger Alexander Sotnik, and the website of the media outlet Istories were also added to the register of banned websites.

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