Message-Id: 202005201640
Time: since 05-20-2022
Affected: all users of the GWDG network
Impact: DNS blocking

Based on the legal assessment and the recommendation of the DFN, the GWDG has to follow the Regulation (EU) 2022/350 of the European Council of March 1st 2022 to amend Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 about ‘restrictive Measures in view of Russia’s actions affecting the situation to destabilize Ukraine’ [1]. So we block on your DNS resolvers these following domains:

www.rt.com
rt.com
deutsch.rt.com
de.rt.com
francais.rt.com
fr.rt.com
actualidad.rt.com
radiosputnik.ria.ru
www.sputniknews.com

[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R0350