Russia’s media watchdog blacklisted at least five media outlets affiliated with Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and blocked their websites in Russia. The move came after Wagner fighters took control of a Russian military headquarters and advanced on Moscow in what appears to have been an attempted insurrection. As of Saturday, websites of the RIA FAN news agency and four online news portals controlled by Prigozhin’s Patriot media holding company “People’s News”, “Neva News”, “Politics Today,” and “Economy Today”—were listed on a register of blacklisted sites maintained by the communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor. Unconfirmed reports in Russian news outlets Friday claimed that Prigozhin himself had ordered a shut down of St. Petersburg-based Patriot. Prigozhin has not directly confirmed or denied the reports. Patriot, founded in 2019 to bring together Prigozhin’s media and internet assets, included the Internet Research Agency, the so-called “troll farm” linked to Russian attempts to meddle in U.S. elections.
俄罗斯媒体监管机构将至少五家与瓦格纳雇佣军首领叶夫根尼·普里戈任有关联的媒体列入黑名单，并封锁了其在俄罗斯的网站。 瓦格纳武装分子控制了俄罗斯一个军事总部并向莫斯科挺进，此举看起来是一场未遂叛乱。
截至周六，RIA FAN通讯社网站以及普里戈任爱国者媒体控股公司“人民新闻”、“涅瓦新闻”、“今日政治”和“今日经济”控制的四个在线新闻门户网站均被列入由通信监管机构 Roskomnadzor 控制的黑名单。
俄罗斯新闻媒体周五未经证实的报道称，普里戈任本人已下令关闭总部位于圣彼得堡的爱国者媒体控股公司。 普里戈任没有直接证实或否认这些报道。
爱国者媒体控股公司成立于 2019 年，旨在整合普里戈任媒体和互联网资产，其中包括互联网研究机构，即与俄罗斯试图干预美国选举有关的所谓“巨魔农场”。
