Kremlin blocks Zelensky interview with Russian journalists: report
Roskomnadzor, which is the Kremlin’s censorship arm, issued a directive to media outlets in the country to ignore the interview. It also said that it would investigate the journalists, most of whom are based outside of Russia, to “determine their responsibility.”
Vladimir Solovyov, one of the journalists who interviewed Zelensky, writes for a Moscow-based newspaper, Kommersant, though it is unclear if Solovyov was in Russia at the time he conducted the Zoom session with the Ukrainian leader. Since launching an invasion of Ukraine a month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed a harsh crackdown on media in his country.Since the start of the invasion, Putin’s government has imposed a virtual blackout on domestic media’s reporting of the war.
The Kremlin signed into law a censorship statute that threatens prison terms for reporters who disseminate what it calls “fake news” about the Russian military onslaught in Ukraine.Russia’s military has pounded Ukrainian cities and towns with aerial and artillery bombardments., Putin also moved to restrict his countrymen’s access to social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter.
The bill, quickly rubber-stamped by both houses of the Kremlin-controlled parliament and signed by Putin, imposes prison sentences of up to 15 years for those spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war.
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