The Russian propaganda TV channel RT DE (Russia Today) is ceasing its activities in Germany.
Meduza writes about this with reference to RTʼs statement.
Such a decision is related to alleged "repressive restrictions on freedom of the press and mass media in the EU", as well as "enormous pressure from governments, mass media, corporations and others".
Dinara Toktosunova, head of the German editorial department of RT, said that the TV channel was forced to stop its activities in Germany due to sanctions imposed for inciting war against Ukraine.
- The EU imposed sanctions against Russiaʼs Sputnik and RT/Russia Today (RT English, RT UK, RT Germany, RT France and RT Spanish) in early March 2022. Soon EU countries began to turn off these channels on their territories. The ninth package of sanctions generally cut off funding to Russian channels, including RT DE Productions.