An appeal regarding the blocking of several Azerbaijani media outlets by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media of Russia (Roskomnadzor) has been posted on a special platform of the Council of Europe, The Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists, Report informs.
On 28 March 2022, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) of the Russian Federation blocked four Azerbaijani Russian-language media. Since the beginning of the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Haqqin.az, Virtual.az, Minval.az, and Musavat.com, have been blocked without prior warning by the Russian authorities. The Azerbaijani Journalist’s Trade Union accused the Russian Federation of blocking these media outlets because they were not in line with Moscow’s discourse on the war in Ukraine.