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We have to adopt retaliatory measures towards journalists of the Moscow office of ARD."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday said We've had to deal with intimidation and chicanery for nearly three years now while reporting from Moscow,
In response to the German authorities' ban on the stay and work of Channel One correspondents, we are compelled to take reciprocal measures against journalists working for the Moscow office of the German ARD media group,
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the ministry, said in a briefing in Moscow If this report is true, then we would, of course, condemn it in the strongest terms."
Commenting on Russia's decision to revoke ARD employees in Moscow of their accreditation, Wagner said In retaliation for Berlin's unfriendly actions against Russian correspondents, German journalists have been instructed to surrender their accreditation and leave Russia."
I can only surmise that this has to do with questions of residence status,
The federal government has not closed the office of this broadcaster,
Wagner told a news conference If you don’t fulfill the residency requirements, it doesn’t help that you work as a journalist.”
Steffen Hebestreit, the German government spokesman, added Russian journalists can report freely and unhindered in Germany,
he said at a government briefing, calling Moscow’s action “disproportionate.” I feel some pressure, but I try not to lose heart,
I consider the law on foreign agents unconstitutional. Its only purpose is political repression and censorship,
Varlamov continued to distribute public messages and materials on social media without indicating they were created or distributed by a foreign agent,
the Moscow Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement
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