Businessman Evgeny Prigozhin asked the Prosecutor General to block YouTube

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who recognized his role in the creation and financing of the Vagner PMC actively participating in the war in Ukraine, sent an application to the prosecutor general of Russia with a request to block access to the YouTube video hosting and declare its owner - an unwanted organization corporation.

Thiswas reported by the press service of the Prigozhin Corporation "Concord". She published a scan of letters to the prosecutor.

Prigozhin writes that YouTube "is flooded with fakes aimed at discrediting the Russian military, distributes knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, state authorities and administration, as well as patriotic forces." In his opinion, the service is an instrument of the "information war", which is supposedly conducted with Russia of the United States, and pursues a "consistent censorship policy for Russian channels."

According to Prigozhin, YouTube publishes "Russophobic content, calls to overthrow power in the Russian Federation and destructive materials." Google is proposed to be recognized as undesirable, since it is alleged "" disseminates information aimed at creating a threat of country's defense capacity and state security. "

• After February 24, Russia blocked access to a number of social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The owner of the last two of these social networks, META Corporation was included in the list of “terrorists and extremists” - the authorities substantiated this by the fact that META moderators are allowed not to delete the armed struggle against Russian invasion and the murder of Russian soldiers, if we are talking about general contexts, and not specific persons.
• YouTube after the start of the war blocked a number of Russian channels, including the account of the Federation Council. At the same time, representatives of the Russian authorities restrainedly talk about the possibility of blocking a popular service. After blocking the account of the Federation Council, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation said that there were no plans to block access to YouTube in Russia.