MR7 website - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: MR7, Online news website

Incident date: August 11, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Additional information:

Since the evening of 11 August, by the decision of Roskomnadzor (Federal Media watchdog), the website of the MR7 publication has been blocked. According to the editor-in-chief Sergei Kovalchenko, the reason was the article from seven years ago about a man who was run over by a subway train. The news has already been removed from the site, the editors are waiting for the unlocking.

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