Poligon Media - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Poligon Media, Online media

Incident date: March 26, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Facebook page of Veronika Koutsyllo

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

At the demand of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Roskomnadzor blocked the website Poligon Media, launched on February 28, 2022. It is a project of former MBKh Media journalists. Poligon Media publishes materials about the war in Ukraine on its website and in its Telegram channel.

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