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Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had blocked the websites of the CIA and FBI, accusing the two US government agencies of spreading false information, the TASS news agency reported.

The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

TASS quoted Roskomnadzor as saying that the two US websites had published inaccurate material and information that had discredited the Russian armed forces. Russia has made it a criminal offence to discredit its armed forces, a crime punishable by up to five years in jail, while knowingly distributing “false information” about the military carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.

Top10VPN, a monitoring firm that has been tracking websites blocked in Russia since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on February 24 last year, said Roskomnadzor has blocked over 4 300 domains, with more than 85% of those relating to Ukrainian, Russian and international news sites.

 

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