Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the Fergana news agency

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the Fergana news agency without explanation. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta in the publication.

The Ferghana editorial staff claims that they have not received any warnings from Roskomnadzor. “We have no idea what kind of information published with us, and who has a claim. But Roskomnadzor has already rushed to add us to the register and restricted access to the page, ”the agency noted.

The Roskomnadzor website states that access to the page is restricted on the basis of Article 15.1 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection". “The lockdown was a complete surprise for us, we will look into the situation. We have already sent a request to Roskomnadzor with a request to explain why access to the site was restricted without warning,” Fergana Editor-in-Chief Maria Dubnova said.

Tomorrow, October 2, the world court will decide whether to fine the editor-in-chief of the publication. Roskomnadzor asks to be fined for the fact that Ferghana did not indicate that the Turkmen Jehovah's Witnesses Society is banned in Russia. “The Turkmen society is not on the official list of organizations recognized as extremist in Russia,” the editorial office noted.

The Fergana News Agency, which has been reporting on events in post-Soviet Central Asia, has been in existence since 1998. The publication was blocked in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, but now the blocking is valid only in Turkmenistan.