The building of the Russian Embassy in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The Russian embassy in Washington called the statement of US State Department spokesman Ned Price, who decided to stand up for Deutsche Welle, an example of double standards. This is stated in a message published on Twitter by the diplomatic mission.
"The statement of the representative of the State Department is another example of a policy of double standards. Where were American "high democratic values" when Berlin banned satellite and other types of RT DE broadcasts?" diplomats asked.
Price, in particular, said that the United States condemns the decision of the Russian government to close the office of Deutsche Welle in Moscow. At the same time, he did not react to the termination of broadcasting of the RT DE channel in Germany. On February 1, the media regulator MABB officially banned RT DE from broadcasting in Germany. As explained in the department, the TV channel did not receive permission, as required by paragraph 52 of the state contract on the activities of service providers in the media sector. At the same time, Berlin believes that RT DE, which operated on the basis of a license issued by Serbia, cannot appeal to other permits in force in the EU. Russia, in response, closes the Moscow office of Deutsche Welle and stops its satellite and other broadcasting in Russia. However, a high-ranking RIA Novosti source in the Foreign Ministry emphasized that if Germany changes its position on RT DE, then Moscow will respond positively. According to the interlocutor of the agency, during the visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock to Russia, ways out of this crisis were proposed, but Berlin refused to discuss the issue. >DW, bye. Berlin did not like Russia's response to blocking RT in Germany