Russia Outlaws Meduza News Site in Latest Media Crackdown
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The designation is the latest in a yearslong campaign by the Kremlin to curb independent media and stop their reporting from reaching ordinary Russians in a crackdown that has escalated since Russia invaded Ukraine last year
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Meduza, a popular independent news website based outside Russia, was deemed an "undesirable" entity. Moscow has upped its media censorship since invading Ukraine last year.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian authorities declared the independent Russian news website Meduza as an undesirable organization Thursday, the latest in a series of
The designation is the latest in a yearslong campaign by the Kremlin to curb independent media and stop their reporting from reaching ordinary Russians in a crackdown that has escalated since Russia invaded Ukraine last year