Editor Udikov's hypertabloid - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Editor Udikov's Hypertabloid, Website of the blogger Alexander Udikov

Incident date: February 5, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Chuvashia Republic, Chuvash Republic

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor has blocked the website of Chuvash blogger Alexander Udikov at the request of an «unknown government agency». The agency found in his blog «inaccurate information of public importance» about a «special military operation», attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, numerous casualties among Ukrainian civilians and in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces.

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