censorship, 13 abductions or illegal detentions of journalists, and 11 attacks on editorial offices. Media were threatened with denial of registration if they criticized the annexation or described the situation as an "annexation" or "occupation" of Crimea. They were prevented from taking photographs or recording video of pro-Ukrainian gatherings. Russia Some journalists were assaulted and intimidated in Russia, including Vladimir Romensky (Dozhd), Ilya Vasyunin (Russkaya Planeta), Nina Petlyanova (Novaya Gazeta), Irina Tumakova (), Sergey Kovalchenko and Sergey Zorin (Telegraph agency). Alexandr Skobov was stabbed in July 2014 after writing an article for Grani.ru criticising the ideology of the self-declared Federal State of Novorossiya. In August 2014, Arseniy Vesnin sustained a concussion in an attack while he was reporting for Ekho Moskvy on demonstrators supporting Ukraine in Saint Petersburg. Lev Shlosberg (Pskovskaya Guberniya) was beaten unconscious in August 2014 in Pskov while investigating the alleged deaths of Russian paratroopers in eastern Ukraine. A BBC crew was attacked in September 2014 in Astrakhan, also while investigating Russian soldiers' deaths. Ksenia Batanova, a journalist and producer for Dozhd, a channel which reported extensively on the deaths, was attacked the same month in central Moscow, sustaining a fractured skull and concussion. Timur Kuashev, a journalist for Dosh'' magazine and human rights activist, openly criticized the invasion of Eastern Ukraine as well as abuses by security services in southern Russia. On 1 August 2014 he was kidnapped in Nalchik and killed by unknown perpetrators. On 4 March 2022, Russian President Putin signed into law a bill introducing prison sentences of up to 15 years for those who publish "knowingly false information" about the Russian military and its operations, leading to some media outlets in Russia to stop reporting on Ukraine or shutting their media outlet. See also Active measures Russian military deception Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War References Russo-Ukrainian War Mass media in Ukraine Mass media in Russia Ukraine Mass media in the United States Mass media in the United Kingdom Media coverage and representation