Roskomnadzor restricted access to the website of the online publication Republic

Roskomnadzor (RKN) decided to restrict, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, access on the territory of the Russian Federation to the website of the Internet publication Republic (the media that performs the function of a foreign agent in Russia), follows from the data of the RKN.

Appropriate measures have been taken within the framework of the regulations for blocking sites containing calls for riots, extremism, and participation in illegal mass actions.

Earlier today, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Roskomnadzor (RKN) restricted access on the territory of the Russian Federation to the website of Mediazona (a media outlet that acts as a foreign agent in Russia).

Before that, it became known that Roskomnadzor, by decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office, restricted access to the websites of Meduza and Deutsche Welle, a foreign media outlet recognized in the Russian Federation. Access to the websites of Radio Liberty (recognized as a foreign media agent in the Russian Federation) and the BBC Russian Service was also blocked. In addition, the Tomsk television channel TV-2 announced the cessation of work after two warnings from the ILV and blocking – the reason was the coverage of military events in Ukraine.

The department’s statement emphasized that the reason for the blocking was the placement of materials containing “false information” about the military operation on the territory of Ukraine.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.

Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and gain access to their financial systems.

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