Facebook blocked in Russia

Russia's Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications) decided to block Facebook social network in Russia, a message posted on the website of the department said. The decision was made in response to actions of European governments to block a number of Russian media outlets. Since October 2020, 26 such cases have been recorded. During the recent days, access has been limited to the accounts of the Zvezda TV channel, RIA Novosti, Sputnik, Russia Today, as well as Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru publications.