The British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is resuming reports from Russia, suspended in connection with adopting a new law that criminalizes "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces.
The BBC press office reported this according to Interfax-Ukraine.
"We have considered the implications of the new legislation alongside the urgent need to report from inside Russia. After careful deliberation, we have decided to resume English-language reporting from Russia this evening (Tuesday, March 8), after it was temporarily suspended at the end of last week," the message said.
"We will tell this crucial part of the story independently and impartially, adhering to the BBC's strict editorial standards. The safety of our staff in Russia remains our number one priority," the corporation added.
As a reminder, on March 4, the BBC suspended the work of the staff in Russia in connection with the accepted law on criminal liability to 15 years of imprisonment for "fake news" about the Armed forces of the Russian Federation. The work of the BBC Russian Service is ongoing from abroad.
On March 2, Roskomnadzor blocked the Echo of Moscow radio station, Dozhd, and Nastoyascheye Vremya TV channels. In addition, a number of foreign and Ukrainian media were blocked in Russia: LB.ua, Censor.net, Zn.ua, Zaxid.net, etc., websites of the Ministry of Health and the State Border Guard Service, as well as the website "Shukay svoyih" about Russian soldiers who died whether captured since the beginning of the invasion. The office of German newspaper Deutsche Welle reported relocating from Moscow to Riga. Still, it would continue to "stay in dialogue with the Russians, where sometimes the unpleasant truth is unavoidable."
According to Roskomnadzor, reliable information about Russia's attack on Ukraine is disseminated exclusively by "Russian official information sources." They call the shelling of peaceful Ukrainian cities a "special operation" and stay silent about the losses of the Russian army. Official Russian media also do not publish data on Russian prisoners trying to ask their relatives to take them away from Ukraine.
Instead, Russian resources continue to spread misinformation about weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. In particular, these days, the propaganda media "switched" to the topic of biological weapons. Earlier, the Kherson Regional State Administration reported that Russian media were spreading fake news alleging that residents of the Kherson region asked for the region to be integrated into Russia.