The main building of the Russian Embassy in the UK. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 5.Moscow may impose sanctions on one of the British broadcasters in response to London's restrictions against VGTRK, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin said. Earlier, the British Foreign Office announced that the country was imposing sanctions against VGTRK and a number of other Russian media and journalists. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, did not rule out measures against British journalists in response to London's sanctions against the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. But I assure you that we will look into this whole matter and exactly the same sanctions that will be imposed on the Russian VGTRK will be applied by the Russian government against one of the UK broadcasters,» he said on Rossiya 24.
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