Twitter told to delete Russian opposition's online news content

Ban on Khodorkovsky-founded outlet follows Kremlin threat to block entire social network

Russia's media watchdog has told Twitter to delete the account of an opposition news outlet following threats from Moscow to block the social network entirely if it did not remove banned content" within a month.

The moves are part of a wider crackdown on social media and the opposition after protests supporting the jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, which were organised via online platforms.