Reproachful humility

“Open Russia” removed the article “ What awaits Russian tourists on the way to Crimea: the OZPP version and reality ”, placed on June 23. The publication explained what did this at the request of Roskomnadzor, who declared with reference to the Prosecutor General, as if the article "contains signs of calls to carry out actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation."

The owner of Open Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, commented on his decision: "My attitude to the prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation is known - I consider this department with his current ideology" Serving the Sovereign ", and not by the country of anti -constitutional. I am also familiar with power, and not legal. That is why I suggested that the site of the site remove the material."

On June 18, on the website of the Consumer Protection Service (OZPP), a “ memo for consumers when visiting the occupied territories ” appeared. It notes that in accordance with the international treaties of Russia Crimea and Sevastopol are regions of Ukraine, and therefore their visit is possible only in compliance with the legislation on temporarily occupied territories adopted in this country in 2014.

On June 22, information about this publication fell into large national media and caused a scandal. State Duma deputies Zhirinovets Mikhail Degtyarev and Uneneros Alexander Sidyakin filed denunciations to the OZPP, respectively, to the Prosecutor General and the Ministry of Justice. In the occupation government of Crimea, the organization and its chairman Mikhail Anshakov were accused of intentionally to disrupt the tourist season on the peninsula.

On Tuesday , Vladimir Putin spoke about the remote control of OZPP. He called her publication "maintaining the interests of foreign states in relation to Russia."

Meanwhile, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the memo and annotations to it on the OZPP website.