Roskomnadzor sent a notice threatening to block the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for the article “Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022).” This was reported on Twitter by Russian Wikipedia. Mediazona drew attention to the tweet.

A screenshot of the notification was also published there. It states that the article contains “information about numerous casualties among the military personnel of the Russian Federation, as well as the civilian population of Ukraine, including children, about the need to withdraw funds from accounts in banks of the Russian Federation in connection with sanctions , introduced by foreign states."

Roskomnadzor's notice contains a link to the mobile version of Wikipedia. However, it is unknown whether it is the only one that is at risk of being blocked.

Wikipedia articles can also be saved on your computer and viewed without the Internet. Meduzawrote in detail about how to do this.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, officially called a "special military operation", Roskomnadzor has already blocked a number of media outlets in Russia. Before that, the agency demanded that they write about the war only with reference to official Russian sources and not call the "special operation" an "attack, invasion or declaration of war". wars."

Roskomnadzor threatened to block Wikipedia because of the article “Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)”