The site was blocked in Russia nearly a year ago, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began, along with websites of multiple other independent news outlets. AdvertisementRussian authorities also evicted from its property a human rights center named in honor of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, and they closed the country’s oldest human rights organization. The crackdown intensified after Russia sent troops into Ukraine 11 months ago and passed another law penalizing information that is seen as discrediting Russian troops. Also Thursday, the human rights center named after Sakharov said Moscow city authorities had ordered it to vacate its premises. Russia this week also shut down the country’s oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group.

Source: New York Times January 26, 2023 16:44 UTC