TikTok app logo on smartphone screen. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 1 «Russian government-backed» media TikTok accounts, including RT and Sputnik, have been blocked in the EU, NPR reporter Bobby Ellin tweeted.
& #34;A TikTok spokesperson confirmed to NPR that Russian government-backed media accounts, including RT and Sputnik, are now blocked across the EU", the reporter wrote.
RIA Novosti correspondents in Spain and Germany confirmed that RT and Sputnik accounts do not work in these countries. Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass have asked for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Over the weekend, Western countries initiated new sanctions against Russia.The West has opened a second front against Russia. EconomicOn Sunday, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the European Commission will impose a ban on state-owned Russian media in the EU, which, according to her, will include RT, Sputnik and their subsidiaries. The head of the EC added that the European Commission is developing the necessary tools for this. The situation with the Russian media in the West has become increasingly difficult in recent years. In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution stating the need to counter the Russian media, with Sputnik and RT named as the main threats in the document. A number of Western politicians accused Sputnik and RT of interfering in elections in the US and France, but did not provide any evidence. Official Russian representatives called such statements unfounded.The development of the situation is in the online report >>
In Europe restricted access to Sputnik Instagram accountsPosted by: N. Stoma