Affiliated media: Vlast.kz, Online media outlet

Incident date: December 13, 2022

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor has sent a series of notices to Vlast, demanding to remove from its website news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In particular, Roskomnadzor demanded to remove the news about the shelling of Vinnytsya by Russian missiles and the news about the number of dead civilians in Mariupol. If the editorial board refused to remove the information, the Russian agency warned that the website Vlast.kz would be included in a unified register of resources distributing banned information and links to the materials would be blocked. The editorial staff of Vlast refused to fulfil the demand of Roskomnadzor.