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Watchdog asks court to annul registration of Rosbalt news agency for foul language

Rosbalt, established in 2001, has offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg and bureaus in Russia and other CIS countries

MOSCOW, October 5 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s IT and mass communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has filed a law suit demanding the registration of the news agency Rosbalt be revoked.

Roskomnadzor told Itar-Tass on Friday the request, based on Article 16 of the law on the mass media, follows repeated crude violations of the law. Earlier, the watchdog addressed the editors of the on-line news agency Rosbalt with a second warning over stories containing foul language.

Rosbalt, established in 2001, has offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg and bureaus in Russia and other CIS countries.