Bloomberg Booth WASHINGTON, Mar 5 Bloomberg News Agency says it is suspending its journalists in Russia against the background of the signing by Russian President Vladimir Putin of the law on criminal punishment and large fines for fake news about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, their discrediting, as well as for calls for sanctions against Russia. «It is with great regret that we have decided to temporarily suspend news gathering in Russia «, — said the editor-in-chief John Micklethwaite.
In Russia, access to Twitter was restrictedIn his opinion, «changes in the criminal code are designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal», which makes it «impossible to continue any semblance of normal journalism inside the country».
