The decision was taken at the request of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office, according to a statement by the country's media regulator Roskomnadzor cited by the agencies.
MOSCOW - Russia's media regulator has restricted access to the Google News service, accusing it of providing access to "false" information about Russia's offensive in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Google "confirmed that some people are having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and that this is not due to any technical issues on our end," a company spokesperson said. Since the start of the Russian intervention in Ukraine on 24 February, the Russian government has considerably tightened its control over information on the internet, one of the last resources for free expression in the country.
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