The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, June 8Russian journalists in the US are not being issued or renewing visas, bureau accounts are blocked, if Washington does not resolve the situation, the American media in Russia will face the same problems, Moscow will respond proportionately, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. She recalled that on June 6, a meeting was held in Moscow with representatives of American media accredited in the Russian Federation, during which the situation with the situation of their colleagues in the United States was announced. According to her, the Russian media in the United States have created «unbearable conditions for existence» and for the implementation of professional and economic activities.War has been declared on the Russian media in the United States, the Foreign Ministry said during a briefing, she stressed that the official representative of the US State Department, Price, probably «misleads the public» when he claims that American visas are issued to Russian journalists. «For the most part, Russian journalists, unfortunately, are facing colossal difficulties… Corporate and personal settlement accounts are not being opened, and I hope the State Department will find out about this — at least now. limited… American journalists get paid, they can pay for housing, cars, they can rent the necessary equipment, they can buy groceries. misleading the public» when he claims that Russian journalists are given American izy.» Russian journalists have big problems with American visas … Visas of the corresponding category are not issued, and without them, accreditations are not issued or extended. Perhaps you do everything to some journalists that you think are right and necessary,» Zakharova said. Addressing her American colleague Ned Price, Zakharova said that if Washington does not do «something to unblock the situation with Russian journalists and the media, we will take similar measures in relation to your American journalists. — Zakharova said at a briefing. «Until we heard constructive proposals, the time has come. If the State Department, Washington in general, do not change their minds about persecuting and destroying Russian journalists, we will naturally act proportionately,» Zakharova said. >Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced «media genocide» in Latvia
