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Roskomnadzor blocks 13 news outlets for reporting on war in Ukraine

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Between June 16-17, Russia’s internet and communications regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access to the sites of several more Ukrainian publications, including Nashe Svyatoshino and the online blog Clutch, alongside the news portal SvobodaUA. A mirror for the website of the Belarus service of the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was also blocked, as well as the site of the Belarussian outlet Vitebskiy Kurier, one of the oldest publications in the country. The websites of Russian outlet Rusrepublic and Moldovan news site point.md were also included in the list.

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