Roskomnadzor demanded that articles about the war in Ukraine be removed from the English-language Wikipedia

Roskomnadzor demanded that articles and, which talk about the war in Ukraine, be removed from the English-language Wikipedia. About this on Twitter of Russian Wikipedia.

“2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine” “Rashism” reported Roskomnadzor believes that the articles contain unreliable information about losses, attacks on civilians and the goals of the “special operation”.

In April, the Moscow court awarded the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns the encyclopedia, three million rubles under the article on failure to remove information prohibited in Russia (Part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code).

fined Roskomnadzor and demanded the removal of seven publications, including about the course of the war in Ukraine, victims in Bucha and the destruction of a hospital and theater in Mariupol. The department did not like the fact that the “special military operation for denazification” was called “war” and “Russian aggression” in the text.