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St. Petersburg court blocks eight media websites over publication of Russian losses in Ukraine

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On the request of a military prosecutor, a court in St. Petersburg blocked access to eight websites as they contained information on Russian military losses in Ukraine. Among those listed were the Ukrainian news outlets Vikna, Channel 5 and Donbas News. Five of the sites on the list had already been blocked, including the Armenian service of U.S. Congress-Founded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Radio Azatutyun, the Azerbaijani news site Azerforum, as well as all the Ukrainian outlets listed.

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