Russian authorities on Friday restricted on-line entry to Deutsche Welle and different international media retailers. Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor stated entry to the web sites of the Russian-language editions of the BBC, the unbiased platform Meduza and the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Svoboda, had additionally been “restricted.”
Russian lawmakers within the State Duma on Friday adopted a invoice offering as much as 15 years in jail for any publication of “faux information” about Russia’s navy. DW’s Russian affairs analyst Konstantin Eggert stated the laws “is designed simply to close the individuals up.” Russian journalists have stated that they’ve been instructed to solely publish info supplied by official Russian sources, who’ve been describing the struggle as a “navy operation.” Whereas Russia’s state-controlled media have doubled down on the Kremlin’s narratives concerning the scenario in Ukraine, different media retailers have been compelled to close down. On Thursday, Ekho Mosvky radio station closed after being taken off air over its protection of the Ukraine struggle. The radio station is majority-owned by Russia’s vitality large Gazprom, nevertheless it was one of many final liberal-leaning media platforms that was nonetheless accessible. Hours after Ekho Mosvky’s announcement, the unbiased Dozhd TV channel additionally stated it was closing.
The variety of refugees who’ve fled Ukraine now totals greater than 1.2 million, in keeping with the UN Group for Migration (IOM). Round 672,000 have fled to Poland, roughly 194,000 to Moldova and about 133,000 to Hungary, an IOM spokesperson stated in Geneva. Hundreds have additionally arrived in different nations, together with Romania and Germany.
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