Deutsche Welle TV StudioMOSCOW, Feb 3The head of the Moscow office of Deutsche Welle, Yuri Resheto, said that he had received an official letter from the Russian Foreign Ministry about the need to close the bureau until 9 am on Friday and return the accreditation of employees. Earlier, Russia, in response to the unfriendly actions of Germany to ban satellite and other broadcasting of the German-language television channel RT DE, introduced a number of measures against the German television and radio company, namely, it closed its office in the Russian Federation, canceled the accreditation of all employees of the Russian bureau of Deutsche Welle and stopped satellite and other broadcasting of the channel, and also initiated the procedure for considering the issue of recognizing Deutsche Welle as a foreign agent.
Simonyan thanked the Russian authorities for responding to Germany's measures against RT DE «I received an official letter from the Russian Foreign Ministry, in which I, as the head of the bureau, was officially informed of the need to close (the office) tomorrow from 9 am … We know from the authorities what we need pass our accreditations to the Russian Foreign Ministry tomorrow during the day,» Resheto said in an interview published on the website of the television and radio company. He noted that he did not yet know when he and his colleagues from Germany would need to leave Russia.
Zakharova commented on Germany's reaction to Russian measures against DW According to him, the decision of the Russian authorities to close the office was «unexpected» for them. Resheteau noted that they expected retaliatory measures from the Russian Federation, but did not think that they would be «so tough.» On February 1, the Commission for Registration and Supervision of Media Regulators of Germany officially banned the broadcasting of the RT DE channel in Germany, saying that the broadcast organizers did not have the necessary permission , RT, in turn, reported that RT DE Productions would appeal the decision of the German regulator in court. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that they are starting to implement retaliatory measures against German media accredited in Russia, as well as Internet intermediaries that have arbitrarily and unreasonably deleted the channel's accounts from their platforms.
German Union of Journalists issued a statement after Russia's measures against DW
