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Kremlin says wartime censorship is justified
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Posted on July 11, 2025
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defends Russia's wartime censorship amid the Ukraine conflict, citing media closures and information warfare.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that wartime censorship in Russia is justified amid the conflict with Ukraine and the closure of opposition-minded media.
Russian authorities swiftly blocked Russian-language media outlets in February 2022 to quash dissenting voices as Russia invaded Ukraine, and they introduced laws threatening many years in prison for those "discrediting" the army.
Speaking to a Russian magazine called Expert, Peskov said that many media outlets have been closed, while some reporters have emigrated from the country in the past three years.
"But don't forget the situation we are in. Now is the time of military censorship, unprecedented for our country. After all, the war is going on in the information space too," Peskov is quoted as saying by the magazine.
Russian authorities also blocked Twitter, now X, and Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram followed by YouTube, the most popular foreign video platform in the country at the time.
"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," Peskov told the magazine.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Dmitry Peskov stated that wartime censorship in Russia is justified due to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine and the need to control dissenting voices.
Russian authorities blocked Russian-language media outlets in February 2022 and introduced laws that threaten severe penalties for dissenting media.
Peskov believes censorship is necessary to prevent media that discredits Russia from spreading misinformation, especially during wartime.
Russian authorities have blocked several platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, to control the flow of information.
Many reporters have either emigrated from Russia or faced closure of their media outlets due to the stringent censorship laws enacted since the conflict began.
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