Lviv, Ukraine (CNN Business) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of being "frightened" by journalists "who can tell the truth" after the Kremlin attempted to prevent Russians seeing an interview he gave about the war in Ukraine.
Moscow's media watchdog Roskomnadzor issued a statement Sunday warning Russian news outlets against rebroadcasting or distributing the interview between Zelensky and some of Russia's most prominent independent journalists.
"Roskomnadzor warns the Russian media not to publish this interview," the agency said in its statement. "The media outlets conducting the interviews will be subject to scrutiny to determine the extent of responsibility and the appropriate response to be taken."
The journalists who interviewed Zelensky were Ivan Kolpakov from Meduza, a website based in Latvia, Vladimir Solovyov of Moscow newspaper Kommersant, Tikhon Dzyadko from recently shuttered channel TV Rain and the prominent writer Mikhail Zygar. Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov , who won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, submitted questions for Zelensky ahead of the interview.
Some of the outlets that participated have been formally labeled as "foreign agents" by the Russian government, Roskomnadzor said in a statement on social media app Telegram. On Monday, Novaya Gazeta announced that it would stop publishing online and in print following a warning from the regulator.
douchequadbike on March 28th, 2022 at 15:50 UTC »
I seriously wonder how Putin thought the international community was going to respond to this.
Jack_Tripp3r on March 28th, 2022 at 15:40 UTC »
Russian military infrastructure eBayed all their equipment because of decades of oligarchs doing it to the country itself inspired them.
These losers are on the battlefield using walkie talkies roadies use to set up concerts, they are so unprepared they have generals on the front lines coordinating comms (entry level) and getting blown up by UKR civilians who learned how to use a Javelin from youtube.
Clown country, clown leadership, their money is toilet paper and their propagandists are whining daily on air.
anallist9000 on March 28th, 2022 at 12:52 UTC »
Well yeah, Kremlin is a little bitch