Name

Federal Service For Supervision Of Communications, Information Technologies And Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)

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Additional Information

Addresses:

Kitaygorodsky Ave 7 / 2, 109992, Russian Federation

Other information:

Telephone: +7 (495) 983-33-93

Email: rsoc_in@rkn.gov.ru

Website: https://rkn.gov.ru/

Justifications:

Roskomnadzor is a Russian state agency responsible for communications, information technology and mass media. It has implemented the state policy of censorship towards independent media outlets. After the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine it significantly limited the access to information to the Russian society, favored a pro-war propaganda and introduced a war censorship to silence the anti-war dissent. It ordered Russian media outlets to use only the information and data provided by the official government sources when reporting about the war of aggression against Ukraine. It banned the use of words ‘invasion’ or ‘war’ and instructed to employ the term ‘special operation’ instead. It forbade reporting about numerous casualties among Russian military personnel and the civilian population of Ukraine. It warned the media against publishing an interview given by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. It shut down websites that did not follow its orders, and requested the courts to punish non-complying media outlets. Furthermore, it blocked access to the Facebook and Twitter social media platforms in order to stop them from sharing information about the war.

Therefore, it is responsible for supporting materially actions which undermined or threatened the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.