In Russia, CIA and FBI sites "for the spread of fakes" were blocked

The Federal Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications Service has blocked access to the official sites of the US Central Intelligence Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Department of State for counterintelligence and fight against terrorism. This is spoken on Friday, January 27, data from the Russian department. In particular, access is limited on request Cia. gov (CIA), FBI. gov (FBI) and RewardsForjustice.

net (State Department Platform). "Roskomnadzor" does not indicate who ordered to block the resources. However, in a comment to the Interfax agency, the department explained that access to the sites was closed "for the distribution of fakes" as well as "discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation". The deadline for locking sites is not specified.

Last June, Reuters, citing its own sources, reported that since the beginning of a full -scale war, the US government has increased the financing of three technological companies to help Russians bypass censorship and access the Western media and Ukrainian resources. In particular, the funds were intended for three VPN services-NthLink, Psiphon and Lantern. Thanks to them, Russian citizens could receive truthful information about what was happening at the front and the situation in the West.

In the period from 2015 to 2021, these companies received financing about $ 4. 8 million. Since February 2022, the total funding allocated to three VPN services has almost doubled. We will remind, in November last year the Russian media Baza reported that music services in the Russian Federation began to block the Ukrainian folk song "Oh in the meadow of red viburnum". According to journalists, the composition is more inaccessible to listening and downloading to Yandex Music.