June 30 () –
The body that regulates the media in Russia has announced this Friday the blocking of access to various portals linked to the head of the Wagner Group, the oligarch Yevgeni Prigozhin, responsible last week for a revolt that posed the greatest political challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin. since he came to power.
The measure affects five portals, now included in the blacklist of the regulator, Roskomnadzor. The entity has not clarified who this request is from, according to the Interfax news agency.
Prigozhin led a rebellion in which even a column of Wagner’s troops set out for Moscow, although it ended up halting their advance. After promising harsh punishments against those responsible for this riot, Putin ended up guaranteeing that none would be persecuted and authorized the exile of his former ally to Belarus, where he theoretically is.