MOSCOW, May 6British Ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday to protest over the latest sanctions against Russia, incl. against the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, the Russian diplomatic department reported. «On May 6, the British Ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bronnert, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. She was strongly protested in connection with the adoption by London of another package of anti-Russian sanctions, which fell under a number of leading media outlets of our country, including. The ambassador was pointed out the unacceptability of such a destructive line, the continuation of which will inevitably lead to the final destruction of bilateral ties and damage to relations between the peoples of Russia and Great Britain, «the commentary on the ministry's website reads.
Yesterday, 20:01 Ambassador: Russia has the right to impose sanctions on one of the British television companies As noted in the department, the imposition of sanctions against Russian media «only because their coverage and interpretation of events taking place in the world is not consistent with Western patterns, once again clearly confirms duplicity and the cynicism of British politicians, for whom such a thing as freedom of the media is nothing more than a tool for solving opportunistic problems.» «The desire of the British authorities, under far-fetched and absurd pretexts, to spin the sanctions flywheel and the statements of officials of this country accompanying such decisions, in which threats are interspersed with lies and outright rudeness against us, indicate that London has made the final choice in favor of open confrontation with Russia «, — indicated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. «Indicated that the Russian side will continue to respond harshly and decisively to all sanctions restrictions initiated by London and take retaliatory measures,» the diplomatic department stressed.
April 27, 13:15Russia imposes personal sanctions against 287 members of the British ParliamentEarlier, the British Foreign Office announced that the country is imposing sanctions against the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company 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. A number of Western countries, including Britain, had previously introduced several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the situation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. According to him, Russia is not going to isolate itself, it cannot be strictly isolated in the modern world. Britain due to sanctions against Russia
