Russia blocks access to US ‘Rewards for Justice,’ FBI and CIA websites

Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor blocked access to the U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice website on Friday, alongside the sites for the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The restrictions were first reported by the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Interfax later quoted Roskomnadzor as explaining that the blocks were put in place because the websites were deemed to be “spreading fakes about the Russian military and discrediting them.”

“Roskomnadzor restricted access to a number of resources belonging to …

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