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BBC News blocked in Russia

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Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access to the BBC’s main news website. The BBC’s Russia service had already been blocked on March 4. “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.

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