Roskomnadzor

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/ˈɹɒs.kɔm.næd.zɔːɹ/

proper noun

The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media: a Russian federal executive body responsible for censorship in media and telecommunications.

OriginRussian Роскомнадзо́р →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media: a Russian federal executive body responsible for censorship in media and telecommunications.

    Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor is considering banning popular storytelling platform Wattpad in an ongoing crackdown on what the Russian government deems “LGBT propaganda”, its press service told state news agency TASS on Wednesday.

    2025 June 11, “Russia mulls banning Wattpad in continued crackdown on ‘LGBT propaganda”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe

Origin

  1. RussianРоскомнадзо́р
  2. EnglishRoskomnadzor

From Russian Роскомнадзо́р (Roskomnadzór).

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Roskomnadzor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roskomnadzor

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“Roskomnadzor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roskomnadzor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roskomnadzor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roskomnadzor.

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