Russian TV: The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has warned internet providers against the online distribution of the film, which Muslims say is blasphemous.
“The Prosecutor General’s Office will appeal to the courts for this film to be acknowledged as extremist in order to prevent its online distribution in Russia,” Office spokesperson Marina Gridneva told Interfax on Monday.
An inquiry has been held into “the online distribution of the film, which insulted religious beliefs…and incited inter-ethnic feud,” she said.
“Before the court makes a ruling, the Prosecutor General’s Office instructed the Federal Service for Communications, Mass Media and Information Technologies to take measures to prevent the media distribution this film contains,” Gridneva added.
Violent protests against the film broke out on Sept. 11 in Egypt and Libya, eventually spreading to other Arab countries in the days that followed. An attack on the US consulate in Benghazi led to the death of US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.