YouTube blocked the channels of Artemy Lebedev and blogger Kamikaze Di
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The YouTube channels of the blogger Kamikaze Di (real name Dmitry Ivanov, included in the register of foreign agents) and designer Artemy Lebedev have been blocked.
On page channel of Mr. Lebedev says that the account was blocked for violating the terms of use of YouTube. The reasons for blocking Kamikaze Dee are not reported.
Artemy Lebedev is a Russian designer, entrepreneur and blogger, founder of Artemy Lebedev Studio. His channel had over 1.1 million subscribers.
Dmitry Ivanov is the creator of the Kamikadzedead YouTube channel with 1.7 million subscribers. In the spring of 2017, Mr. Ivanov emigrated to the Czech Republic, explaining this by censoring YouTube videos in Russia. On September 23, 2022, the Ministry of Justice added the blogger to the list of foreign agents. On September 8, a criminal case was opened against Dmitry Ivanov under the article on the dissemination of fakes about the RF Armed Forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In December, he was put on the federal wanted list.
After the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, video hosting blocked the Russian channels of companies from the Russian Federation, including those that fell under sanctions. In particular, in August the channels of Rostec and KamAZ were blocked. In addition, the blocking also affected media channels. At the moment, RBC, TASS, Rossiya Segodnya, VGTRK, Solovyov Live and RT channels are blocked on YouTube.
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