Major news organizations on Friday announced that they're suspending their operations or halting their broadcast in Russia as President Vladimir Putin cracks down on the free press and his troops advance their assault on Ukraine.
Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty ImagesThe move comes after Putin introduced a censorship law that severely cracks down on press freedom.
Under the proposed law, journalists who characterize the Ukraine invasion as a "war" could be jailed. Major news organizations on Friday announced that they're suspending their operations or halting their broadcast in Russia as President Vladimir Putin cracks down on the free press and his troops advance their assault on Ukraine.
The move came the same day Putin introduced a censorship law that restricts the ability of the press to disseminate information to the public. Under the law, according to, journalists who characterize Russia's invasion into Ukraine as a "war" could receive a prison sentence. Under Putin's new law, which could go into effect as early as Saturday, anyone who spreads what the Russian government considers to be "fake" news about the country's military operations could face up to 15 years in jail,"The change to the criminal code, which seems designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal purely by association, makes it impossible to continue any semblance of normal journalism inside the country," Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John...
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