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Russia blocks BBC website, says it’s only beginning of its response

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Reuters
Updated: Mar 16, 2022, 16:07 GMT+00:00

(Reuters) - Russian authorities on Wednesday blocked the website of Britain's BBC, which foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a Telegram post was "just the beginning of response actions to an information war unleashed by the West".

Pedestrians walk past a BBC logo at Broadcasting House, as the corporation announced it will cut around 450 jobs from its news division, in London

(Reuters) – Russian authorities on Wednesday blocked the website of Britain’s BBC, which foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a Telegram post was “just the beginning of response actions to an information war unleashed by the West”.

(Reporting by Reuters)

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