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Investing.com -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended Russia’s wartime censorship as justified during the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, according to statements made Friday to Russian magazine Expert.
Peskov acknowledged that many media outlets have been closed and some reporters have left Russia in the past three years, but emphasized the current military situation requires such measures.
"Now is the time of military censorship, unprecedented for our country. After all, the war is going on in the information space too," Peskov told the magazine.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities have moved quickly to block Russian-language media outlets that expressed opposing viewpoints. The government also introduced legislation that threatens lengthy prison sentences for anyone "discrediting" the army.
Foreign platforms have not been spared in the crackdown. Russian authorities blocked Twitter (now X), META’s Facebook (NASDAQ:META) and Instagram, and later YouTube, which was the most popular foreign video platform in Russia at the time.
Peskov defended these actions, stating: "It would be wrong to turn a blind eye to the media that are deliberately engaged in discrediting Russia. Therefore, I believe that this regime (censorship) is justified now."
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