The printed of packages and entry to the media’s web sites can be blocked, the Russian International Ministry introduced on its web site on Tuesday. In Austria, this impacts the ORF and the Austrian media group (“oe24.at”).
Of the German media, “Der Spiegel”, “Die Zeit” and the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” are affected. The German-French broadcaster Arte can be on the ban listing. With a complete of 9 corporations listed – together with the AFP company, the TV broadcaster LC1, Radio France and the newspapers “Le Monde” and “Liberation” – France is the EU state most closely sanctioned by Moscow. The Spanish information company EFE and the broadcaster RTVE in addition to the newspapers “El Pais” and “El Mundo” have been additionally blocked.
“Systematically false data”
Their content material or broadcasts are not obtainable on Russian territory, it stated. The Moscow International Ministry accused the media of spreading “systematically false data” in regards to the Ukraine battle. In Could, the EU states determined to impose sanctions on the Russian state information company Ria Novosti, the federal government newspaper “Rossiskaja Gazeta”, the platform “Voice of Europe” and the pro-Kremlin newspaper “Izvestia”, which additionally owns a tv station. Which means they’re blocked all through the EU. Based on the EU states, nonetheless, the media and their workers are nonetheless allowed to work within the EU. The blocking got here into power on Tuesday.
The International Ministry in Moscow justified the blocking of European media on the one hand as a response to the EU’s measure, and however with the alleged unfold of false reviews about Russia’s battle of aggression in opposition to Ukraine. If the EU lifts the restrictions on Russian media, Moscow would even be ready to contemplate lifting the blockade.
1000’s of internet sites blocked in Russia
In Russia, many media shops that report critically on the insurance policies of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and 1000’s of internet sites are blocked on the Web. Just like the blocked European media shops, they’ll solely be accessed utilizing a VPN server, i.e. through a community connection that can not be seen from the skin and with which customers can nearly change their location. Many journalists are in jail in Russia for allegedly discrediting the Russian military. The trial in opposition to journalist Evan Gershkovich from the US day by day newspaper “Wall Road Journal” for alleged espionage begins on Wednesday.
There have been no feedback from the ORF and the “Austria” media group in the interim. Russia withdrew the accreditation of ORF correspondent Maria Knips-Witting in mid-June and requested her to go away the nation. Knips-Witting, who had been reporting from Moscow since January 2024, is now again in Austria.
