Ilta-Sanomat - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Ilta-Sanomat (Finland) , News website

Incident date: September 17, 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:

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat at the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office. The blocking took place using the so-called «mask»: with all the domains and subdomains of the resource. Previously, Russian officials blocked only one publication on the Scandinavian media website. It described the everyday life of Ukrainian civilians during a «special military operation».

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