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#BREAKING Facebook and multiple media websites were partially inaccessible in Russia early Friday, AFP reporters and a monitor group said, as authorities crack down on critical voices as fighting escalates in Ukraine

Google and Tripadvisor block war news in reviews of maps, restaurants, hotels in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

Both services were being used to supply news of the war to Russians who only have access to information from the government

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#UPDATE Facebook and multiple media websites were partially inaccessible in Russia on Friday, as authorities crack down on voices critical of fighting in Ukraine.

AFP journalists in Moscow were not able to access Facebook, Meduza, Deutsche Welle, RFE-RL and BBC's Russian service

#BREAKING Russia says 'limiting' sites of BBC, Deutsche Welle, Meduza, Svoboda

#UPDATE Russian media watchdog says it has restricted access to some media websites, including the BBC, tightening controls over the internet.

Access to websites of BBC, Meduza, Deutsche Welle and Russian-language US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Svoboda are "limited"

#BREAKING Russian lawmakers adopt bill introducing jail terms for 'fake' news on army

#UPDATE Russian lawmakers approve laws providing up to 15 years in jail for any publication of fake news about the Russian armed forces.

The bill sets out jail terms of varying lengths and fines against people who publish "knowingly false information" about the military

#BREAKING Russian police search offices of rights group Memorial

#UPDATE Russian police are searching the office of the country's most prominent rights group, Memorial, which was ordered to close late last year, sparking international outcry.

"Searches at Memorial are continuing at two locations," the group wrote on the Telegram"

#BREAKING Russian police search offices of migrant aid NGO the Civic Assistance Committee in Moscow: organisation

#UPDATE Graphic showing key developments on the ground in #Ukraine as of March 4, 0830 GMT #AFPgraphics

#BREAKING European stock markets plunge over 3% on Ukraine crisis

#BREAKING UN rights council overwhelmingly votes to create high-level investigation into Ukraine conflict violations

#BREAKING Euro dips below $1.10 for first time since 2020

#BREAKING 'Whole world is against you' Ukraine ambassador tells Putin after UN rights council vote to investigate abuses after Russia's invasion

#BREAKING Kremlin spokesman calls on Russians to 'unite' around Putin, responding to question about pleas from public figures to end the war in Ukraine

#BREAKING NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine: Stoltenberg

#UPDATE Russian lawmakers approved legislation on Friday to impose fines and harsh jail terms for publishing "knowingly false information" about the military, the latest move to silence dissent one week after Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wdRt