
Russia’s internet regulator orders outlets to delete reports linking bank disruptions to its website-blocking activity
Russia’s federal internet regulator, Roskomnadzor, has ordered Russian outlets to delete reports linking a widespread disruption at major Russian banks on April 3 to the agency’s website-blocking activity.
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Dozens gather outside Presidential Administration in Moscow to submit petitions against messaging app blocks and mobile internet shutdowns
Dozens of people gathered outside the Presidential Administration in Moscow to submit petitions against the blocking of messaging apps and the shutdown of mobile internet access.
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Siberian regional TV releases video of ‘grateful farmers’ who lost livestock to government seizures, but journalists identify participants as local officials
OTS, a television channel owned by the Novosibirsk regional government, has released a video featuring what it calls “grateful farmers” describing how they received compensation for livestock that was destroyed. The video is available on OTS’s VK page.
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Russia begins emergency hepatitis A vaccination in flood-hit region as more than 30 people are poisoned by drinking water
Russia’s consumer health watchdog has launched an emergency hepatitis A vaccination campaign in flood-affected areas of Dagestan.
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Armenia’s parliamentary speaker says country will leave CSTO and Eurasian Economic Union if Russia raises gas price
Armenia’s parliamentary speaker Alen Simonyan said his country would leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union if Russia raises the price of gas it supplies to the republic.
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Telegram founder says 65 million Russians use app daily via VPN despite blocking attempts
Telegram founder Pavel Durov broke his silence on Russia’s attempts to block the messaging app, writing in a post on his Telegram channel that Russian authorities had already tried to ban Telegram and spent years trying to ban VPNs.
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Report: Ukrainian military personnel stationed in Libya carried out attack on Russian tanker in Mediterranean
Ukraine has a military presence in Libya and was behind the attack on the Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean in early March, the French broadcaster RFI reported, citing sources.
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Mediazona reports Russia adds Meduza correspondent to federal wanted list on criminal charge
Russia’s Interior Ministry has added Andrei Pertsev, a correspondent for the independent Russian outlet Meduza, to its federal wanted list, the independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported.
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Moscow court dismisses case against Russian soccer player over cafe brawl after settlement
A Moscow magistrate has dismissed the case against former Russian national soccer team player Fyodor Smolov over a brawl at a Moscow cafe, after the two sides reached a settlement, RIA Novosti reported.
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Russia’s Investigative Committee orders review of journalist Yury Dud’s interview with Russian Volunteer Corps commander
Russia’s Investigative Committee has ordered a legal review of journalist Yury Dud’s interview with Denis Kapustin, the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps.
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