The BBC is temporarily suspending its journalists’ work in Russia, in response to a new law which threatens to jail anyone Russia deems to have spread “fake” news on the armed forces.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie said the legislation “appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism”.
The Kremlin objects to the conflict being called a war, instead calling it a “special military operation”.
Access to BBC websites had already been restricted in Russia.
Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA said news outlets Deutsche Welle, Meduza and Radio Liberty also had their services limited.
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