MComp — News of the Future - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: MComp — News of the Future, Online media

Incident date: July 19, 2023

Attack type:

request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On July 19, Roskomnadzor blocked on the website of the media outlet MComp — News of the Future a republication of an interview with a member of the comic troupe Masks, People’s Artist of Ukraine Borys Barsky. The reason for the blocking was a reworking of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s poem Do the Russians Want War, which condemned Russian aggression. The editors removed the material and the website was unblocked on June 24.

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