Roskomnadzor demanded that Facebook restore access to the official page of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control and report on the reasons for the restrictions. This was announced on January 16 by the press service of the department.
“On January 16, Roskomnadzor sent a letter to the American company Meta Platforms (owns the social network Facebook. – Ed.) Demanding to immediately remove all restrictions from the official page of the delegation of the Russian Federation at the negotiations in Vienna on military security and arms control, and also to explain reasons for their introduction,” the statement said.
The letter notes that “these actions of the administration of the social network Facebook violate the key principles of the free distribution of information, unhindered access to it.”
In addition, the department “considers this an act of censorship, which, according to the Russian Constitution, is prohibited.”
Earlier in the day, the head of the delegation, Konstantin Gavrilov, reported that Facebook (Meta) on January 14 blocked the page of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security issues.
He noted that representatives of the delegation published on their page on the social network only statements by the Russian leadership and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On January 16, The Wall Street Journal reported that some NATO members were unhappy with the ideas put forward by US diplomats in negotiations with Russia. According to the publication, the allies of the alliance did not like the discussion of mutual steps to reconcile the West and the Russian Federation without taking into account the views of European countries.
Negotiations on security guarantees took place in three stages. On January 10, a meeting of the Russian and US delegations took place in Geneva. On January 12, a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council was held in Brussels, and on January 13, consultations ended at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Source: IZ
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