Former employees of the Sputnik Estonia news agency who launched a new information project, Sputnik Meedia. File photoMOSCOW, March 8Sputnik Meedia, created by former employees of the Sputnik Estonia agency, has announced that it will stop working due to pressure and threats.»Sputnik Meedia, an Estonian online information portal, is shutting down. According to independent From us, for reasons, it is no longer possible to carry out the administrative and economic activities of the project,» editor-in-chief Elena Cherysheva said in a statement. According to her, over the course of a year, banks in Estonia froze employees' salaries and closed Sputnik Meedia accounts based on suspicions of «money laundering , financing terrorism, the illegal sale of alcohol.» Cherysheva added that recently many speakers refused to cooperate with the portal, and the editor-in-chief and employees began to receive «blatant threats from obscure personalities.»
Zakharova called Estonia's accusations against Sputnik absurdSputnik Meedia co The building was built by former employees of Sputnik Estonia, which, after four years of work, closed two years ago due to threats from the Estonian police. The authorities of the Baltic countries repeatedly interfered with the work of Russian media. The Foreign Ministry announced clear signs of a coordinated line of these states. It was emphasized that cases of harassment of journalists «clearly demonstrate what demagogic statements about the commitment of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn to the principles of democracy and freedom of speech are worth in practice.» />The Foreign Ministry accused the Baltic countries of violating the rights of Russian journalists
