New Delhi: Russia\u2019s media watchdog has demanded Twitter to delete the account of MBK media, a news website critical of the Kremlin, for a violation of Russian law.<\/p>\n
They have also threatened to block the social network entirely if it did not remove \u201cbanned content\u201d within a month.<\/p>\n
MBK said that it was accused of posting content from Open Russia, a British-based group founded by exiled former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Moscow has labelled them as undesirable and banned them under a law adopted in 2015.<\/p>\n
MBK financed by Khodorkovsky was blocked by Russia in 2018.<\/p>\n
MBK media published a message from Roskomnadzor, which said Twitter had received an official request regarding content on the @MBKhMedia account.<\/p>\n
“The editorial office has not received any warnings from Roskomnadzor,\u201d MBK media\u2019s editor-in-chief Veronica Kutsyllo said. \u201cMBK media \u2026 is a media organisation that has no relationships with any organisations, desirable or undesirable from the point of view of Roskomnadzor.
\nVeronika Kutsyllo, the outlet\u2019s editor in chief, denied sharing such material and said that MBKh had not been informed of the watchdog\u2019s demand in advance. \u201c[The state] has been pursuing this new tactic for some time, putting pressure on networks and providers without first warning their potential \u2018victims\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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