The Russian government has announced that as a response measure, Canadian broadcaster CBC has decided to close its Moscow office and revoke the accreditation of its journalists.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press conference on Wednesday that Moscow continues to monitor “open attacks on Russian media in so-called Collective Western countries”, in this context, recently banned by Canadian authorities have the bilingual RT channel in English and French. .
Zakharova described Canada’s decision as “a unilateral restrictive measure that undermines the principle of freedom of expression” and vowed that Moscow would not maintain this decision and other such measures without an appropriate response.
And he continued: “In this context, it has been decided (and I reiterate that this is the response) to take retaliatory measures in response to Canada’s actions, represented by the closure of the CBC office in Moscow, including cancellation of Russian accreditations. and visas issued to its journalists. ”
The spokesman accused the Canadian government of following an “open approach to Rossovobi”, including providing direct financial and military support to the Ukrainian government, and accused Ottawa of prosecuting those who disagree with it. ”And“ imposition of mandatory censorship in the country ”. media. ”
Source: RT
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