Russia closes Canadian correspondent for CBC radio and television

Russia today announced the closure of the Canadian radio and television correspondent Radio Canada in Moscow and the cancellation of the accreditations and visas of their journalists in response to similar measures taken by Ottawa authorities against Russian media.

“We have repeatedly warned him. We have said that unilateral restrictive measures that threaten the freedom of the prisoner and hinder the normal functioning of the Russian media will not go unanswered,” stressed the spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs, María, at a press conference. Zajárova press conference, announcing the measure.

He added that everyone should understand that Russia will respond without fail to each similar case.

“That is why the decision was taken to adopt measures in response to the actions of Canada and close the correspondent of the company of Canadian broadcaster CBCincluding the cancellation of Russian accreditations and visas of their journalists”.

The 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 eliminated RT from their offering, a decision they adopted shortly after the February 24 conference. Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine.

EFE

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