The sites of investigative outlet Bellingcat, local Russian media, and Russian-language media based in Israel and Ukraine were inaccessible on Wednesday in Russia without a virtual private network (VPN), AFP journalists found.
These pages also appear on the official list of pages blocked by Roskomnadzor.
Among the Russia-based pages that were blocked is the independent outlet Kavkazki Ouzel (Kavkaz-uzel.eu), which covers the Caucasus, and a regional medium based on the Urals (permdaily.ru).
Roskomnadzor also suspended access to two Russophone outlets based in Israel, where there is a significant community that migrated from the former Soviet Union: 9 TV Channel Israel (www.9tv.co.il) and Israel (www.vesty.co.il).
Ukrainian media were also blocked (novosti.dn.ua; bukinfo.ua) and one from Estonia, which has a Russian version (Postmees).
Since the beginning of the offensive against Ukraine on February 24, the Russian authorities have multiplied their efforts to control the information published on the Internet.
Among others, the American networks Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been blocked, as well as other Russophone media critical of the Kremlin.
Regulations were also issued that limit the content that the media can broadcast in Russia.
Source: Ambito
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