Deutsche Welle TV and radio journalist. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 5The United States said 24 hours later that it condemns the Russian government's decision to close the Deutsche Welle Moscow office, the State Department tweeted. At the same time, they did not react in any way to the termination of the broadcasting of the RT DE channel in Germany. According to him, the United States stands in solidarity with Germany and the channel. the necessary permission. RT DE Productions is appealing the decision of the German regulator in court. The Russian Foreign Ministry explained that the TV channel operated on the basis of a license issued by Serbia and in full compliance with the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, to which Germany is also a party. The Foreign Ministry announced that it was starting to implement retaliatory measures against German media accredited in Russia, as well as Internet intermediaries that arbitrarily and unreasonably deleted the channel's accounts from their platforms. in the Russian Federation and cancels the accreditation of all employees of its Russian bureau, and also stops satellite and other broadcasting of the channel in Russia. At the same time, a high-ranking source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti that the measures taken against the German media in Russia are retaliatory, and if Germany changes its position on RT DE, then Russia will respond positively. The source also noted that during the visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock to Moscow, ways out of the crisis around RT DE were proposed, but Berlin refused to discuss this. » />The OSCE Media Representative found Russia's measures against DW «disproportionate»
