Russia has imposed restrictions on broadcasting and access on its territory for more than 80 European media, including media from EU member states and pan-European media operators.
RosZMI writes about it.
Mass media from 25 EU member states, as well as pan-European media operators, were on the banned list. Among them are such well-known publications as the German Spiegel, Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Spanish Mundo, Pais and EFE, the Italian Stampa, Repubblica and the RAI television company, the French Monde, Liberation and France-Presse, as well as the pan-European Politico and Euobserver.
Moscow accused the European media of “systematically disseminating false information about the course of a special military operation” (this is how the Russian authorities call the invasion of their army into Ukraine).
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the move was another sign of the Russian government’s crackdown on journalists.
“They are afraid that their own people will hear the truth; will hear the truth about Russia’s actions inside Russia, the government’s actions regarding the repression of its own people, about Russia’s actions regarding the invasion of its neighbor and its illegal occupation.” – he commented on the ban.
In May, the EU announced that they were blocking access to four Russian propaganda networks linked to the Kremlin: RIA Novosti, Izvestia, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and Voice of Europe. Earlier, the EU also banned broadcasting of Russia Today and Sputnik.
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, more than a million sites have been blocked in Russia, including social networks Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (now X), as well as sites of mass media independent of the Russian authorities. To bypass blocking, Russians use VPN services, which are also regularly blocked by the Russian authorities.
