Russia announced today the closure of the Canadian SRC radio and television correspondent in Moscow and the cancellation of accreditations and visas of its journalists in response to similar measures taken by the Ottawa authorities against Russian media .
“We warned him several times. We said that unilateral restrictive measures that threaten the freedom of prisoners and hinder the normal functioning of Russian media will not go unanswered,” stressed Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a press conference on the occasion of the announcement of the decision. extended.
He added that everyone must understand that Russia will respond without fail to any similar case.
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“For this reason, it was decided to adopt measures in response to Canada's actions and close the correspondent of the Canadian radio and television company CBC, which includes the cancellation of Russian accreditations and visas of its journalists .”
On March 16, Canadian authorities banned television service providers from distributing the signals of Russian public channels RT and RT France in the country.
The main Canadian cable companies had already removed RT from their offerings, a decision taken shortly after Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24.
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