Navalni allies accuse Putin of shutting down opposition-linked websites – 07/26/2021 – World
EditorJuly 27, 2021
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In a context of growing repression in Russia and less than two months before the legislative elections, the allies of Alexei Navalni, the main opponent of President Vladimir Putin, accuse the government of blocking access to 49 websites linked to organizations of opposition.
According to information made on social networks, it is no longer possible to access these portals on Russian territory – the AFP news agency has confirmed the inability to access Navalni’s website.
The ban is said to have come from the Russian Internet and Media Regulatory Service (Roskomnadzor), the body which, in March, determined the reduction in the speed of access to Twitter in retaliation for alleged failures in removing publications calling on the population to leave. in the street to protest against the government.