Logo on the pavilion of MIA «Russia Today». File photoMADRID, Apr 11The Russian-language website of RIA Novosti ria.ru was unavailable in Spain on Monday. When trying to open a web page, users receive a 404 error message or they are informed that the site cannot be accessed. However, until now, the Spanish authorities have not made official statements about blocking website in the country. The ria.ru website continues to operate in other EU states, in particular, in Italy. on the demilitarization of Ukraine.
The Kremlin condemned sanctions against journalists and media executivesThe ban included RT, Sputnik and their subsidiaries, in connection with which the accounts of these Russian media in TikTok and Instagram* stopped working in the EU, and Meta* (Meta* activities (social networks Facebook* and Instagram*) is banned in Russia as extremist) generally restricted access to them in the EU. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and on March 25 they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.* The activities of Meta (social networks Facebook and Instagram) are banned in Russia as extremist not eternal: who will break first due to Western sanctions
