in Moscow “with indignation” perceived the steps of Paris to ban broadcasting Russian media, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
Earlier, the French media regulator Arcom demanded that the Eutelsat satellite operator stop the broadcasting of three Russian television channels.
“In Moscow, with indignantly, the new steps of Paris were aimed at introducing more and more new prohibitions on broadcasting, both on its territory and in the EU in general, Russian media,” Zakharova said in a comment published on the website of the Russian foreign policy department .
according to her assessment, this decision was made “under the obvious pressure of the authorities who involved human rights organizations for this.”
“such actions suggest that, taking into account the weight and influence of France in the EU, it is Paris that is the main lobbyist of the cessation of the broadcasting of Russian television channels in Europe. This, unfortunately, has already become ordinary, manifestation of Russophobia, is also a desire By all means to drown out the alternative propaganda of the EU opinion. In fact, Europeans are deprived of the right to free access to information, ”Zakharova said.