Russia on Wednesday blocked access to the BBC’s main news website
//International News Desk//
Russia on Wednesday blocked access to the BBC’s main news website, as the country continues its crackdown on independent media and anti-war dissent
“I think this is only the beginning of retaliatory measures to the information war unleashed by the West against Russia,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.
Earlier this month, users in Russia already reported difficulties accessing the BBC, and the country had previously blocked the BBC’s Russian service.
More than two dozen Russian media outlets have been blocked by the country’s media regulator or have chosen to cease operations. The country also blocked Facebook, Instagram and Twitter earlier this month before Meta’s designation as an “extremist organisation”.
It is not immediately clear if the BBC will be able to continue reporting from within the country.
Russia has repeatedly complained that Western media organisations offer an anti-Russian perspective of the world while choosing not to hold their own leaders to account.
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Zakharova has early claimed without evidence that the BBC “plays a determined role in undermining the Russian stability and security”. Source: theguardian
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