Affiliated media: Netgazeti.ge, News website (Georgia)
Incident date: April 12, 2022
Attack type:
- Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: netgazeti.ge
Location: Russia, Moscow
Additional information:
On April 12, the websites of two Georgian media — the Russian-language version of Netgazeti.ge and the Georgian-language Accentnews.ge — were blocked in Russia. Earlier, Roskomnadzor demanded that publications about the war in Ukraine be removed from the websites. After the websites refused to remove the texts, they were marked in the register of websites, access to which is restricted in Russia. According to globalcheck.net, the access to the websites in Russia is at 0%.