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Reuters: Russia threatens Wikipedia for hosting information about Ukraine invasion

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Russian state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said that links to Wikipedia about Russia's war in Ukraine would be accompanied by a disclaimer telling users that the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia's parent company, had violated Russian law. The foundation is fighting a Russian court decision demanding it remove information about its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Such actions are "not indicative of a broader shift in the U.S. Russia policy," a U.S. Treasury spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent, adding that OFAC regularly updates its sanctions list by adding or removing individuals and entities.

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