YouTube has made 39 more channels promoting Russian propaganda unavailable in Ukraine or took them down entirely, reports the Centre for Countering Disinformation (CCD).
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The restrictions affected playlists and official pages of Russian performers who have been outspoken in their support of the war against Ukraine and of Putin’s regime, including:
- Oleg Gazmanov;
- Nikolai Baskov;
- Lolita Milyavskaya;
- Dima Bilan;
- Basta (Vasili Vakulenko);
- Mikhail Boyarskiy;
- Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov;
- Denis Maidanov, etc.
The channels broadcasting the propaganda cartoon series Masha and the Bear in various languages have also been suspended and taken down.
In September YouTube suspended 31 channels of Russian artists, propagandists, and other sanctioned individuals and companies in Ukraine.