According to GlobalCheck, the Echo Moskvy and Dozhd websites have already been blocked in Russia. The radio station Ekho Moskvy has also been disconnected from the airwaves. This was reported by its editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov, reports Meduza.

According to the newspaper, today the Russian Prosecutor General's Office issued a demand to restrict access to the websites of radio station "Echo of Moscow" and TV channel "Dozhd" for materials allegedly calling for "extremist activity.

According to the ministry, these media outlets also "purposefully and systematically" publish "known false information about the actions of the Russian military as part of a special operation to protect the DNR and LNR.

In comments to Russian media, Ekho Moskvy editor-in-chief Aleksey Venediktov said that the radio station had not received any reports of violations from the Prosecutor General's Office.

"We believe we have not violated anything, we do not see any traces of violations," he said.

After Vladimir Putin announced a "special operation" in Ukraine, Roskomnadzor began sending notices to media outlets that they were publishing "inaccurate information" about the shelling of Ukrainian cities by Russian troops and the deaths of Ukrainian civilians, and calling the "special operation" in their materials an "attack, invasion, or declaration of war."