Russian prosecutors block VK group that de-anonymised user seeking to sell a car stolen from Ukraine

Russian social media platform VK blocked a community of drivers from Russia’s Tver Region on demand of the Prosecutor General's office.

Earlier, the group’s moderators de-anonymised a VK user that wanted to know how to register a “trophy” car stolen from Ukraine, reporter Ilya Shepelin stated.

Several days ago, the “Glavnaya Doroga” (“Main Road”) VK community published a post whose author wished to remain anonymous. 

The post said: “My son-in-law, who’s in the military, brought me this “trophy,” you know from where. Obviously, it doesn’t have Ukrop (A Russian slur word describing Ukrainians — editor’s note) plates or documents — so now we need to register the car in Russia. Maybe someone can share some places where we can do it.” 

Despite the author’s wish to remain anonymous, the group chose to disclose his name anyway. 

“We couldn’t post this anonymously, sorry,” the group’s moderator added. 

Earlier, Russia’s censorship agency Roskomnadzor blocked two publications in support of Ukraine on a website for chess aficionados chess.com. The content was blocked through HTTPS, which means that access to the entire website is now denied.