MOSCOW Russia has blocked access to several Internet pages promoting what the authorities say is a planned illegal anti-government protest in or near Moscow`s Red Square on Sunday.
Three of those five pages were blocked on Friday afternoon.
The prosecutor general`s office was not immediately available for comment, but its press service confirmed to the TASS news agency it had asked for access to several pages to be blocked because they were advocating illegal protests in Moscow and "in large cities" on April 2.
(Reporting by Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Jack Stubbs)
A copy of what appeared to be an authentic letter from the prosecutor general`s office to the country`s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, was leaked online on Friday asking for access to five Internet pages to be blocked, saying they amounted to calls for "mass disorder" and "extremist activity".
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