Russia fines Wikipedia for publishing facts instead of Kremlin war propaganda

TL;DR

It's the third fine Russia has issued against the Wikipedia owner since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine a year ago. In a statement provided to Ars, the Wikimedia Foundation said the new "fines were for not complying with takedown requests for well-sourced content related to five articles about the Russian military on Russian language Wikipedia. "Continuous shortcomings have led Russia's war effort to suffer extensive setbacks since the initial invasion; the Russian Armed Forces have experienced successive losses of occupied/annexed territory, the large-scale destruction and squandering of their equipment, and a notably high casualty rate

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