Putin's regime censors two Russian media for not following its invasion slogans

@ElentirENG ES 3·01·2022 · 21:54 0

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking not only the lives of innocent people, but also what little freedom remains in Russia.

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False accusations to disguise a brazen act of censorship

This afternoon, at 18:41 CET, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, led by Lieutenant General Igor Viktorovich Krasnov, posted a message on its Telegram channel announcing the blocking of the Ekho Moskvy radio station and the Dozhd TV channel, two of the remaining independent media outlets in the country. The Prosecutor's Office accuses both outlets of "the deliberate and systematic publication on the websites of Ekho Moskvy and Dozhd TV of information that calls for extremist activity, violence, as well as deliberately false information about the actions of Russian military personnel as part of a special operation to protect the RPD and LPR."

These are accusations that lack credibility and that hide the true cause of this censorship clearly dictated by the government: that both media have not followed the lying slogans of the Kremlin to disguise this aggression against Ukraine and hide its reality to the Russian people, specifically the casualties it is causing among the Ukrainian civilian population and among the Russian military.

TVRain was the only Russian TV channel to broadcast Zelensky's remarks

Dozhd TV Channel broadcasts its content on YouTube on the Телеканал Дождь (TVRain) channel. It is the only Russian television channel that broadcasts the statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, and it was one of the few means by which the citizens of Russia could obtain minimally reliable information about the reality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This afternoon at 20:03 CET, the channel reacted to the blocking of its website by the Putin regime by announcing on its Twitter account that it keeps working: "Our materials will be posted on social media (including Twitter). You can find Rain's materials on Telegram, VKontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Instagram."

Ekho Moskvy, the station that opposed the 1991 communist coup

The Ekho Moskvy radio station, founded in 1990 and with a liberal editorial line, became famous in 1991 for being one of the few Russian media outlets that opposed the communist coup d'état of 1991, which sought to stop the democratic reforms that led to the disappearance of the USSR that same year.

The station has published today a note from its editor, Alexei Venediktov, calling the decision of the Russian Prosecutor's Office "political", pointing out that his accusations against Ekho Moskvy "are not supported by any example, any evidence, they are unfounded and insulting to the journalists and citizens of Russia." The station adds: "The publishers will challenge this decision in court. We see in it a political component, as well as the introduction of censorship, which is directly prohibited by the Constitution of the Russian Federation."

In a message posted on his Telegram channel, Ekho Moskvy has announced that he continues to broadcast through its website, its mobile application, YouTube and Yandex and on the social networks VKontakte, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram and Instagram. The station has linked on its Twitter account (above these lines) its channels on those networks. As in the case of TVRain, social networks have become the last refuge for many Russian citizens to obtain information that is not subject to the slogans of the regime, which has been lying with absolute brazenness about the causes and reality of this invasion.