YouTube blocked in Ukraine the 31 channel of Russian artists and propagandists

Kaspersky Russia, Yevheniy Murayev, Renat Kuzmin and others were restricted.

The streaming service YouTube restricted access on the territory of Ukraine to the 31 channel of Russian artists, propagandists, sanctioned individuals and companies. Among those blocked are Philipp Kirkorov, Grigory Leps, Anna Netrebko and Kaspersky Russia, the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine reports on Facebook.

According to the CCD, most of the blocked resources belonged to Russian music performers and cultural figures who support the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, perform at propaganda concerts, or are under NSDC sanctions. The channels of the following performers were blocked:

Philipp Kirkorov;

Grigory Leps;

Sergey Lazarev;

Valeriya;

Larisa Dolina;

Irina Allegrova;

the band Pelageya;

Denys Maydanov;

Yuliya Chicherina;

Anna Netrebko;

Vasyl Herello.

In addition to artists, YouTube blocked the channel of propagandist Tetiana Pop, resources of sanctioned companies including Kaspersky Russia, as well as the channels of former members of parliament Yevheniy Murayev and Renat Kuzmin. The CCD emphasized that these resources were used to spread Russian propaganda, to glorify war criminals, and to support Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.

Already in 2024 the CCD reported the blocking of more than 200 channels on YouTube and 24 accounts on TikTok involved in spreading Russian propaganda. In addition, together with the Security Service of Ukraine they dismantled large-scale hostile information-psychological campaigns “Maidan-3” and “Ukhyljant”.