Roskomnadzor from the Russian media does not publish an interview with Zelensky
Roskomnadzor warned the Russian media against publishing an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The agency said the media that interviewed had been vetted. About it informed RKN in the Telegram channel.
“Roskomnadzor confronts the Russian media about the benefits of this interview. The interviewed media outlets have been reviewed to limit restrictions and take action,” the statement said.
On the operation against the media that published the interview, reported also the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia. “The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation will give a fundamental legal assessment of the content of the published statements and the facts of their placement,” the agency said in a statement.
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Earlier on Sunday, several Russian journalists and media outlets released an interview with Vladimir Zelensky. The interview was conducted by Meduza Editor-in-Chief (listed in Russia as foreign media agents) Ivan Kolpakov, Meduza special correspondent Vladimir Solovyov, and Tikhon Dzyadko and Mikhail Zygar, who at various times were editor-in-chiefs of the Dozhd TV channel (VK in Russia ). in the register of media-foreign agents).
On February 24, Vladimir Putin launched “military fluid”* in Ukraine. After that, Roskomnadzor uses only data from official Russian sources. On March 4, Putin signed the law “On fakes”, which provides for up to 15 years of freedom for publishing fakes about the Russian armed forces.
After the start of the “operations”, Roskomnadzor, also at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the websites of a number of Russian and foreign media. In particular, the websites of Ekho Moskvy, the Internet publications Paper and TJ, as well as several media entered into the register of foreign media agents were blocked: Mediazones, Dozhdya, Respublika. “Echo of Moscow” shortly after the liquidation, “Rain of this” suspended work.
*According to the requirements of Roskomnadzor, when producing materials for use in production in Ukraine, all Russian media are required to use materials only from conventional sources of the Russian Federation. We cannot publish materials during which an operation called “attack”, “invasion”, or “declaration of war” is carried out, unless it is a direct quote (Article 53 of the Federal Law on the Media). In case of violation of the requirements, the media may be fined 5 million rubles, and the blocking of the publication may also be continued.