“Roskomnadzor demanded that Google LLC immediately restore access to the YouTube channel of the Vainakh State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, a branch of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in the Chechen Republic, owned by the Russian media,” TASS quoted the statement as saying.

Earlier it was reported that YouTube, without explanation, blocked the channel of the Vainakh State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, a branch of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in Chechnya.

On April 16, YouTube video hosting blocked the channel of the Bashkortostan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.