"We've confirmed that some people are
having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and that
this is not due to any technical issues on our end," Google said in
statement.
"We've worked hard to keep information
services like News accessible to people in Russia for as long as
possible."
Interfax said Roskomnadzor, the regulator,
had acted on a request from the office of Russia's prosecutor general.
"The American online news resource in
question provided access to numerous publications and materials containing
inauthentic and publicly important information about the course of the special
military operation on the territory of Ukraine," Interfax quoted the
regulator as saying.
A new Russian law makes it illegal to
report any event that could discredit the Russian military. © Reuters