Occupiers block Google in temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts

IRYNA BALACHUK — FRIDAY, 22 JULY 2022, 11:35

The leader of the so-called "DNR" [Donetsk People's Republic - ed]  Denys Pushylin has said that Google’s operations within the territory of the pseudo-republic have been blocked, and earlier the same decision was taken by the occupiers of Luhansk Oblast.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Russian state-owned news agency TASS and Kremlin-aligned RBC

Pushylin's quote: "There is real harassment of Russians, and the imposition of lies and disinformation. The Google search engine, which openly promotes terrorism and violence against all Russians, and especially the population of Donbas, by order of its curators from the American government, is the forefront of information technology in this regard.

Details: Previously, Leonid Pasichnyk, the leader of the pseudo-republic "LNR" [Lugansk People's Republic – ed.], accused Google of promoting terrorism and extremism. He asserted that the occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast "will manage even without Google".

According to Russian media,  residents of the temporarily occupied area of Luhansk Oblast have already found themselves without access to Google.