Russian censor threatens to block iStories over joint investigation with outlawed Proekt – Meduza

Russias censorship agency (Roskomnadzor) threatened to block the website of the investigative journalism outlet iStories over a report on Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezovs connections in the waste removal industry.

According to iStories editor-in-chief Roman Anin, Roskomnadzor attributed its actions to the fact that the investigation was prepared jointly with Proekt, an investigative outlet the Russian authorities outlawed as an undesirable organization in July 2021. The censorship agency demanded that iStories take down the report within 24 hours.

Anin added that he made the decision to delete the investigation, in order to prevent the authorities from blocking all [iStories] articles both past and present. The editor-in-chief also apologized to the outlets readers for having been forced to obey the censors demands and promised that the article would soon be restored.

The iStories investigation, titled How Sergey Chemezovs people got the garbage business for cheap, was published in September 2020. It uncovered that the largest companies that benefited from Russias garbage reform were actually sold to Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezovs trusted associates for next to nothing.

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