Dovod - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Dovod, Online media

Incident date: March 28, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Dovod Telegram channel

Location: Russia, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor blocked the Dovod website for disseminating «inaccurate information about the special operation» in Ukraine. The Roskomnadzor notice on blocking does not mention the specific publications. At the same time, several other regional media were blocked, including Svobodnye Media (Krasnodar Krai), It’s My City (Yekaterinburg), and Rugrad.eu (Kaliningrad). In early March, Kirill Ishutin, editor of Dovod, was searched in connection with an anti-war graffiti case.

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