ABAKAN. April 25 (Interfax-AVN) - The Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakasia has granted the request of the local division of the Federal Oversight Service for Mass Communications to shut down the newspaper Pravda Khakasii, which was founded by the regional chapter of the Communist Party.
"The motion followed numerous warnings by the authority regarding the newspaper about the publication of extremist articles," the press service of the court noted.
Thus the court ruled based on the provisions of the law on countering extremism and the law on mass media, the press service said.