April 1, 2019

1/4/2019: RUSSIA – ROSKOMNADZOR AGAINST MEDIA

Vienna, 1 April 2019

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condenns the last decission by Roskomnadzor, Russian state regulator for media. Roskomnadzor sent a request to the website Yarkub, demanding it delete an article that allegedly insulted the President Vladimir Putin. The article titled “Police began search of a person, who left an insulting graffiti on the building of Yaroslavl ministry of internal affairs” was published today.