The Boosty subscription service blocked the account of the To Be Continued publication “for life” at the request of Roskomnadzor, the project reports .
“We have been supported by hundreds of passionate readers on this platform, whose donations have allowed us to continue doing our work,” To Be Continued writes.
In addition, the Mave platform blocked the “War” podcast, which the publication produces. This was also demanded by Roskomnadzor.
“To be continued” is a project by Novaya Gazeta journalists, which, among other things, covers the war in Ukraine.
After the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine, Roskomnadzor demanded that the media write about what was happening only with reference to official Russian sources. Journalists were also prohibited from calling the “Russian special operation” an attack, invasion, or declaration of war. Otherwise, the supervisory authority threatened with blocking and fines of up to five million rubles.
For reasons of military censorship, Roskomnadzor blocked more than 200 thousand resources - deputy head of the department Vadim Subbotin spoke about this on June 9. According to him, this number also included “materials calling for mass unauthorized actions and riots.” “After the start of the ‘special military operation’, we strengthened our counteraction to the spread of calls for extremism and terrorism, mass unrest and ‘fake’ news on the Internet,” Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov previously stated in an interview with Kommersant.