Reporters Without Borders

11/03/2022

Run by Russian exile journalists in Riga, the Latvian capital, Meduza claims more than 13 million unique visitors per month. It was banished from the Russian Internet on 4 March because its reporting was undermining the Kremlin narrative about the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian authorities had already labelled it a “foreign agent” nearly a year ago, thereby subjecting it to the drastic constraints that this arbitrary status entails. RSF has unblock access to the website and urges medias outlets that are being blocked to contact the organization.

“Without strong action, the Russian Internet will soon complete its transformation into a propaganda network,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “The Kremlin is methodically torpedoing all online media outlets that do not follow its disinformation guidelines. Operation Collateral Freedom makes it possible to counter this effectively and quickly.”