News archive on the topic "Censorship"

The specter of Orwell’s “1984” looms again in Ukraine. The entire Ukrainian political blogosphere is discussing the statement of the head of the Verkhovna Rada’s specialized committee on humanitarian and information policy, Nikita Poturaev (pictured), who became a newsmaker of the day: “I am forced to think about introducing military censorship in Ukraine - about blocking Telegram. Everyone should think: what do you want – to live under the Russian...

Managers of the Novosti.Zen service (formerly the brainchild of Yandex, sold to VK) refused to broadcast PolitNavigator messages under the pretext that the content did not comply with their rules. The editors believe that we are talking about anti-Russian censorship. In December, the PolitNavigator website received a message that its headlines were no longer broadcast on News.Zen due to the publication of unretouched photographs from the infamous Naked Party. The publication was asked to wait three...

Despite two years of war against Russia, many Ukrainians continue to watch films and TV series created in the Russian Federation. Kiev propagandist Olga Palamaryuk stated this on the BBC news Ukraine channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. She tried to “turn the tables” on users in the southeast and new territories of the Russian Federation, but let it slip that the territories controlled by Kyiv are on pirate sites and...

American politicians actually created an information blockade for their people, and thereby violated the US Constitution and international obligations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this during the scientific conference “Euromaidan: the lost decade of Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “About the Americans and the epiphany that suddenly occurred in American society after Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson - you know...

By listing as “Russian spies” everyone who expresses critical thoughts in Ukraine, the Kyiv authorities themselves are gradually setting a trend in society that everything sane is Russian. Ex-adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Alexey Arestovich, who fled to the United States, stated this on the channel of Ukrainian political scientist Yuri Romanenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You say: “Look, our enemy makes effective decisions...

The American video platform YouTube, although it has introduced censorship on pro-Russian content, still recommends “Kremlin propaganda” to many Ukrainians. Ukrainian journalist Roman Kulchinsky stated this during a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “People complain: “My children watch cartoons, and then suddenly they get Russian disinformation or propaganda, a story from Russian television.”...

Despite Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to Astana, during which new contracts and economic agreements were signed, manifestations of Russophobia and anti-Russian attacks in Kazakhstan have not gone away and have made themselves felt again. International columnist for PolitNavigator Ainur Kurmanov writes about this in his article. So, last week, unexpectedly, the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan...

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov believes that in the conditions of the Northern Military District in Russia there should be censorship. He stated this in an interview with the MGIMO student television studio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The story here is a little different, and we also need to be aware of it. Now the time is very tough, wartime, which requires tough measures from the authorities. I believe that in wartime we should...

After more than 30 television channels and Internet sites were banned in Moldova, any elections in this country, in particular the local ones on November 5, are turning into a farce. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the PMR, political scientist Andrei Safonov wrote about this on his page on the social network. “A total ban on ANY oppositional or simply objective publications leads to suspicion of psychopathy in some figures...

If Russia really financed closed channels and Internet projects in Moldova, the sources of funding did not disappear after the closure. This means that Moscow, without skimping on financial expenses, initiates new Internet projects aimed at the Moldovan public, and will not only maintain, but also increase its audience in Moldova. Pro-Western propagandist Vitaly Andrievsky wrote about this on his website ava.md.…

The Information and Security Service published the names of 31 Internet portals that were blocked in Moldova. Among them are the websites of well-known opposition Russian-language publications in Moldova - “Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova”, “Arguments and Facts in Moldova”, “Moldavskie Vedomosti” and others. Among the Russian sites blocked by the inadequate regime of Moldova were the sites of such agencies and publications as TASS, Izvestia, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Komsomolskaya...

If the West, which declares freedom of speech and cares about its reputation, takes such radical steps as closing independent media, this means that the population is being prepared for the fact that “they will not like it.” Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter Diana Panchenko, who left her native country, said this in her video blog. In her opinion, the situation that Ukraine is going through today is being prepared...

James P. Rubin, special representative of the US State Department and coordinator of the US Center for Global Engagement, will visit Moldova and Latvia on September 18-21, the State Department press service reports. Special Envoy James Rubin will meet in Chisinau and Riga with representatives of host governments “to strengthen partnerships in countering disinformation.” He will also meet with representatives of civil society and independent media to discuss their...

The regime of Maia Sandu is preparing to enshrine a pro-Western course in the Constitution of Moldova and ban all parties that do not share this position, just like in Ukraine. Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, one of the leaders of the Revival party, Alexander Nesterovsky, stated this on the air of the “Main” program on the TVC-21 channel. He is convinced that citizens of Moldova should have the right to choose: “Citizens of Moldova must...