Russia announced today the closure of the Canadian broadcaster CBC in Moscow and the cancellation of accreditations and visas for its journalists in response to similar measures taken by authorities in Ottawa against Russian media.
“We have warned several times. We have said that unilateral restrictive measures that undermine the freedom of the prisoner and hinder the normal functioning of the Russian media will not go unanswered,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman María Zajárova stressed during the meeting. a press conference, announcing the measure.
He added that everyone should understand that Russia will respond to every similar case without fail.
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“For this reason, the decision has been taken to adopt measures in response to Canada’s actions and to close the correspondent office of the Canadian broadcasting company CBC, which includes the cancellation of the 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.
By then, major Canadian cable companies had already dropped RT from their offering, a move they took shortly after Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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