RT DE host Stefan Pollak in the RT DE studioMOSCOW, Jan 18 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed with his German colleague Annalena Burbock during negotiations in Moscow the situation with the suspension of the broadcasting of the RT DE TV channel in Germany. «We touched upon the problems that the RT DE TV channel faces in Germany and outlined our expectations in this regard. We are convinced that Russian The media in Germany and the German media in Russia should work under equal, non-discriminatory conditions,» he said during a press conference after talks with German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
Simonyan: RT has never faced such restrictions anywhere as in Germany Earlier, the TV channel, citing its editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, announced that Russia Today is launching a new round-the-clock news channel in German — RT DE. The channel's news studios are located in Moscow and Berlin, and RT DE will broadcast news, talk shows and documentaries. On the day of the launch of television broadcasting, YouTube blocked the new channel. In August, RT DE received an official refusal to obtain a broadcasting license from Luxembourg, which referred to «information and analysis of the German authorities.» In September, YouTube permanently removed two RT DE channels for allegedly «violating community guidelines». At the same time, RT DE was in fourth place in terms of influence among the German-language media, bypassing Deutsche Welle and other German media, according to Tubular Labs. Germany. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia might be forced to respond to this. As RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the Berlin-Brandenburg Media Administration (MABB), on December 17, 2021, the media regulator initiated legal proceedings against RT DE Productions GmbH in connection with the launch of the program. Tobias Schmid, spokesman for German media regulators and head of the European media watchdog, «informed Eutelsat» of the situation, MABB said. 
Battle of Germany against Russia. Who is behind the blocking of RT in German
