RT DE was suspended from broadcasting in Europe on December 22. According to the statement of channel representatives, Eutelsat 9B removed the German-language channel from the platform at the direction of the MABB media regulator. Press Service Russia Today considers this decision illegal and is confident that it will be reviewed in court.
“It is a fact of harassment of the media, information segregation“, – wrote in her Telegram channel Maria Zakharova. According to her, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would soon respond to this precedent.
A few days earlier, RT DE Productions had been sued. At the same time, the media regulator in Germany is investigating RT for allegedly violating broadcasting regulations in Germany. According to Eva Flecken, director of the media agency Berlin-Brandenburg, the process was launched due to the lack of a broadcasting license for the channel. According to Eva Flecken, director of the Berlin-Brandenburg Media Agency, the process was initiated due to the channel’s lack of a broadcasting license.
However, RT’s deputy editor-in-chief Anna Belkina argues otherwise in a statement:
“RT DE television has full broadcasting rights in Germany and 32 other European countries. The broadcasting licence has been obtained in accordance with all applicable European laws and regulations, including the European Convention on Transfrontier Television”.
Moreover, on December 16, the day of its launch, RT Deutsch’s account was immediately blocked on the YouTube platform. One day later, Google received a request from Roskomnadzor to remove these restrictions and explain the reasons for them. The Department noted that these acts could be considered “acts of censorship, which are prohibited under the Russian Constitution“.
