Roskomnadzor blocked the Greenpeace website

Roskomnadzor blocked the Greenpeace website in Russia. It is reported by Roskomsvoboda.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office recognized the organization as "undesirable". The agency considered that the efforts of the fund to protect the environment undermine the economic foundations of the Russian state and hinder the implementation of profitable projects. Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office also stated that Greenpeace finances the activities of "foreign agents", conducts uncoordinated actions and engages in "anti-Russian propaganda" - in particular, not supporting the war in Ukraine.

Roskomsvoboda also notes that Greenpeace had a tense relationship with the Russian company Rosneft. The company responded to criticism in a harsh manner.

After being labeled an "undesirable organization," Greenpeace announced the closure of its Russian branch. “We are doing everything possible to ensure that people in our country live in favorable environmental conditions, to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Can the protection of the country's nature be contrary to its interests? The answer is obvious,” the environmentalists noted.

• Greenpeace is an international NGO that works to protect nature around the world.
• "Undesirable" in accordance with Russian law may recognize foreign or international organizations that, in the opinion of the authorities, pose a "threat to the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, the defense capability of the country or the security of the state." Such organizations are prohibited from operating on the territory of the country, and a number of other restrictions are also imposed on them - for example, they cannot distribute information materials in Russia.
• According to Roskomsvoboda, as of February 8, Roskomnadzor had already blocked more than 10,000 websites for reasons of military censorship. to the register of banned sites in 2022 were added In total , 247,492 thousand Internet resources . “After the start of the ‘special military operation’, we stepped up countering the spread of calls for extremism and terrorism, riots and ‘fake’ news on the Internet,” Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said earlier in an interview with Kommersant .