Russkaya Planeta - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Russkaya Planeta, News and analytical portal

Incident date: April 28, 2022

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:

On April 27, new websites were added to the register of blocked pages at the demand of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Roskomsvoboda reported — the information portal Svobodny Kaliningrad, Russkaya Planeta (a specific article of which about Russian soldiers in captivity had been blocked earlier), and the mobile version of the website Kasparov.Ru. The online magazine Riddle was also blocked.

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