Moscow summons managers of US media outlets
Russia will summon the managers of American media outlets to a meeting in Moscow to warn them of the Kremlin’s tough measures in response to Washington’s restrictions targeting Russian media.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday “the heads of the Moscow offices of all American media will be invited to the press center of the Russian Foreign Ministry” on Monday. Zakharova said they will be notified about the “consequences of their government's hostile line in the media sphere.”
“If the work of the Russian media – operators and journalists – is not normalized in the United States, the most stringent measures will inevitably follow.”
Moscow says the West is placing unfair restrictions on Russian media overseas.
The United States has imposed sanctions against some Russian TV stations, accusing them of spreading ‘disinformation’ to bolster the war in Ukraine. The US Department of State says the Kremlin is engaged in “a full assault on media freedom.”
In May, Russian lawmakers passed a bill that authorizes prosecutors to shut foreign media bureaus in Moscow if a Western country has been “unfriendly” to Russian media.
Also in March, Russia restricted access to the websites of several foreign news organizations, including the BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Deutsche Welle, for spreading ‘fake’ information about the war in Ukraine. The move came after the European Union and Britain blocked Russian media.
It was February 24 when President Vladimir Putin of Russia declared a military campaign against Ukraine, accusing Kiev of failing to implement the terms of a peace agreement for the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. At the time, Putin said one of the goals of the campaign was to "de-Nazify" Ukraine. Ever since, the United States and its Western allies have been sending heavy weaponry to Ukraine and sharing intelligence with the government in Kiev, while imposing unprecedented sanctions on Russian officials and entities. Moscow has repeatedly warned that Western support would indefinitely prolong the war.
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