Russia’s Federal Communications Regulatory Authority Roskomnadzor has blocked most of Yle’s services in Russia. The Yle.fi website appeared in Roskomnadzor’s register of banned sites on Thursday. The decision to close the Yle.fi domain was made by the Russian Public Prosecutor’s Office on 27 May.
Yle’s Finnish-language online services, Yle Uutiset and Yle Novosti are currently not available in Russia. Yle’s website also offers services in the Sámi and Ukrainian languages. However, the site can be accessed through a VPN connection.
Svenska Yle’s Swedish-language website is still available in Russia without restriction.
The list of websites banned by Roskomnadzor includes the Finnish Helsingin Sanomat and Ilta-Sanomat and the Danish Politiken. The bans have been imposed because of Russian-language articles about the Russian war in Ukraine.
Russian authorities have blocked access to dozens of Russian and foreign media outlets. These include the British broadcaster BBC, the Estonian newspaper Postimees, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the Russian TV channel Dozhd and the radio station Ekho Moskvy (Moscow Echo).
Source: The Nordic Page