Officially, Moscow describes its intervention in Ukraine as a “special military operation” intended for “peacekeeping”.
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War also passes through words. Russia’s media regulator on Saturday (February 26th) ordered national media to remove from their content any reference to civilians killed by the Russian military in Ukraine, as well as the terms “of invasion”, “offensive” or of “declaration of war”. “We emphasize that only official Russian sources have current and reliable information”, Roskomnadzor said in a statement. Officially, Moscow describes its intervention in Ukraine as“special military operation” intended for “maintain the peace”.
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The formal notice of Roskomnadzor was sent to a series of media, most of them critical of Russian power. Among them are the newspaper Novaya Gazeta (whose editor is the Nobel Peace Prize 2021), the online channel Dojd or the Mediazona site, which are already classified “foreign agents” in Russia.
According to the regulator, these media are guilty of spreading false information by claiming that “Russian armed forces fire on Ukrainian cities”. Roskomnadzor also criticizes them for content “where the operation carried out is qualified as an offensive, an invasion or a declaration of war”. In case of refusal to delete content, “access to these media will be restricted”warns the regulator, who also mentions heavy fines.