The Russian authorities want to outlaw Meta as ‘extremist’. What does this mean for social media users in Russia? Lev Vlasov / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images On March 11, a spokesperson for Meta — the parent company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — confirmed that the social media giant had temporarily altered its content moderation to allow some posts calling for violence against “Russian invaders.” The response from the Russian authorities was harsh.

In it they throw apples into the grave The ShortParis group released a clip for a new version of the “Apple Garden” song, recorded along with the choir of VEA veterans and Kozlov’s military service . ShortParis “Apple Garden” is a title song from the album of the group of the same name, published in 2021. The video used a new version of the song - with a choir and piano (it is played by Peter Gaidukov, the head of the choir of veterans).

In Mariupol, 1.5 thousand dead, Russia wants to send volunteers from the Middle East to the war The war in Ukraine has been going on for sixteen days. On March 11, Mariupol authorities announced the death of 1582 civilians as a result of the “merciless” shelling of residential quarters. Vladimir Zelensky announced a tank attack of Russian troops - where a column with humanitarian aid was supposed to pass.

British rock band Pink Floyd has announced that it has removed all of its songs, as well as solo recordings by bandleader David Gilmour, released since 1987, from digital music platforms in Russia and Belarus. The band's statement, posted on Pink Floyd's social media, said the band took this step "in solidarity with global protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine." Pink Floyd's decision does not affect the classic albums of the band, which dates back to 1965.

In Mariupol - one and a half thousand dead. In occupied Melitopol, the mayor was kidnapped. In the FSB unit responsible for Ukraine, arrests Hello, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is Meduza's daily mailing list. Here we briefly talk about the main events related to the war in Ukraine that took place during the day.

The war is the sixteenth day. Main Evgeniy Maloletka / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Mariupol authorities announced the death of 1582 civilians during the blockade The reason in the message of the Mariupol City Council is called the “merciless” shelling of residential quarters.

The Central Bank of Russia said that Russian banks are prohibited from charging individual customers a commission for withdrawing cash currency during the period of currency restrictions in effect from March 9 to September 9, 2022. The message of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation says that the commission cannot be taken when issuing US dollars from deposits or accounts in foreign currency, regardless of the currency of the account or deposit.

Updated. The US Treasury announced sanctions against 10 former and current members of the board of VTB Bank, 12 deputies of the Russian State Duma, including its speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov. In addition, additional measures are being introduced against businessman Viktor Vekselberg. The US authorities will impose sanctions on the closest relatives of the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

On March 11, US President Joe Biden said at least twice that the US was ready to defend "every inch" of NATO territory from Russian invasion. Announcing new restrictions on Russia, Biden, speaking at the White House, said that the United States was going to provide additional support to Ukraine and support NATO allies.

Putin reportedly turns on FSB agency that botched Russia’s Ukraine prep Evgeny Feldman for Meduza As Russia’s war against Ukraine enters its third week, President Vladimir Putin is cracking down on his favorite agency — the FSB. Journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, who have long specialized in covering Russia’s security services, report that the FSB’s foreign intelligence arm, the so-called Fifth Service, has become the target of repressions.

Lev Vlasov / Sopa Images / Lightroquet / Getty Images On March 11, META (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) announced that she would change the approach to moderation of content on its sites and would not remove threats and calls for violence against the Russian military. The Russian authorities reacted abruptly.

The Citymobil taxi order service will stop its work, Interfax reports with reference to the company's statement. “The shareholders of the city mobility service Citymobil have decided to terminate the company's activities. All obligations to employees and partners will be fulfilled in full within the framework of the current legislation,” the company said. The exact timing of the closure of the service is not reported. The company noted that Citydrive carsharing will continue to work.

YouTube video hosting begins blocking channels of Russian state-funded media around the world. This is stated in a YouTube statement published by Washington Post journalist Gerrit De Wink. “Our community guidelines prohibit content that denies, downplays, or oversimplifies well-documented violent events. Now they include the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” the company said. In accordance with this, YouTube decided to block the accounts of state-owned Russian media.

The State Duma adopted in the third (that is, final) reading a bill that provides for the creation in Russia of a “unified register of information” about people “performing the functions of a foreign agent or affiliated with persons performing the functions of a foreign agent.” This is another amendment to the “Dima Yakovlev Law” , in which at the end of 2020 (after another amendment) a category of ordinary individuals - “foreign agents” (not the media - “foreign agents”) appeared.

The largest manufacturer of cigarettes, the British company British American Tobacco, has announced that it will leave Russia amid the military conflict in Ukraine. This is stated in a statement published on the company's website. We have concluded that owning BAT's business in Russia is no longer sustainable in the current environment. Today we have begun the process of quickly transferring our Russian business in full compliance with international and local laws.