Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko appealed to YouTube to remove the channel of the Russian PMC "Wagner". He also asks to remove other channels of private military companies.
Tkachenko wrote about this in his Telegram channel.
According to him, social networks remain an effective way for Russian PMCs to recruit and inform about their activities.
"YouTube has always emphasized that its editorial policy involves blocking harmful content and the channels that distribute it. Thatʼs why I sent an official letter to the Chief Executive Officer of YouTube LLC Neil Mohan with a request to take concrete measures to monitor and stop Wagnerʼs online activities," he noted.
- In February of this year, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian Parliament) recognized the PMC "Wagner" and all other Russian private military companies as terrorist organizations.
- Prior to that, the US Treasury Department recognized the PMC "Wagner" as a transnational criminal organization and imposed sanctions on it.