Redkollegia - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Redkollegia, Website of the media award

Incident date: February 21, 2023

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 has blocked the website of the Redkollegia media award at the request of an «unknown state body». The blocking may be related to military censorship, as the website published links to materials about the war in Ukraine created not only according to official Russian sources of information.

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