With several media organisations halting operations in Russia amid a new law specifying punishments for “false information” about the Ukraine invasion, the New York Times has said that it is “temporarily removing” its journalists from Russia.
The new law, passed on March 4, punishes anyone spreading “false information” about the Ukraine invasion with up to 15 years of imprisonment – Russia wants the media to report the violence as a ‘special military operation” and avoid words such as “war” and “invasion”. Russia had blocked access to major foreign news websites on Friday last week. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter were also blocked, the Hindustan Times reported.
