MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian telecoms provider Rostelecom (>> Rostelekom PAO) said on Thursday it had blocked access to the website of social networking company LinkedIn Corp (>> LinkedIn Corp) following an order from the country's communications regulator.

Russia's Roskomnadzor communications watchdog said earlier on Thursday it had sent a request to Internet providers to block the website.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; editing by Jack Stubbs)

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