On Saturday 26th of February The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media called Roskomnadzor sent notices to these media outlets as they were publishing “inaccurate, socially significant information that does not correspond to reality”. Rozkomnadzor threatened to block these publications if they do not review their semantics.
The affected are listed below:
- Ekho Moskvy (Эхо Москвы)
- InoSMI (ИноСМИ)
- Mediazon (Медиазона)
- The New Times
- Dozhd (Дождь)
- Free Press (Свободная Пресса)
- Krym.Realii (Крым.Реалии)
- Novaya Gazeta (Новая газета)
- Journalist (Журналист)
- Lenizdat (Лениздат)
According to Meduza, an online newspaper based in Latvia, Roskomnadzor announces fines of millions of rubles if incorrect terms are not removed. According to Rozkomnadzor, reliable information related to the war in Ukraine is distributed through “official Russian sources”.
As early as February 28, one of the last independent Russian online newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, had to adopt the Kremlin's official language, speaking of a "special military operation" instead of war. A footnote to the image below mentions that Rozkomnadzor is demanding that all media talk is about a “special military operation” and force the deletion of mentions of war.
On the first day of March, Russia completely shut down Ekho Moskva's radio broadcasts and Dozhd's TV broadcasts from its citizens.
When planning and setting up your media monitoring, you should pay extra attention on the right choice of keyword if you want to make sure to get the desired result.
