Moscow, Dec. 29 -- RIA Novosti's Telegram channel is being blocked in Europe, including in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Greece and Poland, Sputnik correspondents reported on Saturday.
When trying to view materials on the channel, a message appears stating that the channel allegedly violated local legislation, without giving any specific examples, the correspondents reported.
The RIA Novosti channel had more than 250,000 daily user views from devices in European languages.
Telegram channels of other Russian media, including Izvestia, Rossiya 1, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Channel One and NTV, have also been blocked, correspondents reported.
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