Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova. File photoMOSCOW, May 14.Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova doubted that the US authorities can talk about freedom of speech in Russia when Russian media are blocked in the US.» US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan: «Many Russians, especially young people, seek to gain access to other sources of information that are not controlled by to the government, but it's very difficult.» Is this the ambassador of a country whose Internet monopolies are blocking the Russian media?» she wrote in her Telegram channel.The United States accused the Kremlin of «attacking» media freedom in RussiaZakharova recalled that Washington has been persecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for many years, who published documentary evidence of US crimes. in Ukraine. So, in 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution stating the need to counter the Russian media, while Sputnik and RT were named the main threats in the document. These media were also accused of interfering in elections in the United States and France. After the start of the Russian military operation, the authorities and companies began to introduce numerous restrictive measures against Russian media resources. Thus, European users of the Google search engine have lost access to the materials of the Sputnik agency and the RT television channel. Their YouTube and Meta* channels have been censored. Many local journalists who collaborate with Russian publications have been labeled «Media affiliated with the Russian government.»* Meta (Facebook and Instagram social networks) is banned in Russia as extremist.
The Foreign Ministry demanded that the United States ensure normal working conditions for journalists
