“Roskomnadzor approached Twitter Inc.

with a request to explain why there is no account of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti in the search results of the social network Twitter, ”the agency reports.

As noted in the RKN, as a result of actions taken by the administration of Twitter Inc., Twitter users who were not subscribed to the RIA Novosti account will now not be able to find it on the social network, either in Russia or in other countries.

The department asked to clarify the reasons for these actions as soon as possible.

Earlier, the Foreign Ministry called on Twitter to stop discriminating against Russian media.