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Europe is afraid of the truth, banning the work of Russian media, said the senator

According to the senator, the EU and certain Western countries are blocking Russian media in order to impose a narrative about the “Russian threat”

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Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov said that European countries are introducing sanctions against Russian media to limit alternative information.
He reported the blocking of hundreds of media resources in the EU and the Baltic states, calling it an attempt to impose a narrative about the “Russian threat.”

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In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to counter Russian media, highlighting RT and Sputnik as the main threats.

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MOSCOW, October 8 – RIA Novosti. Europe is afraid of the truth, talking about freedom of speech, Europeans are introducing sanctions against Russian media, trying to deprive their citizens of an alternative point of view so that they can more easily swallow fiction about the “Russian threat,” said Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov.

"Europe likes to talk about freedom of speech, but only until it comes to Russia. In 2022, the EU banned the broadcasting of RT and Sputnik, and today there are already 32 Russian media under sanctions. France went further and blocked 35 Russian international media. In the Baltics, the purge is total: 413 media have been blocked since 2022. The goal is simple: to deprive Europeans of an alternative point of view so that they can more easily swallowed fiction about the “Russian threat,” the politician wrote in his channel on the Max platform.

At the same time, the West is not just “trying to shut up the Russian media,” they are forming their own network, disguised as “independent publications,” Dzhabarov noted.

“In total, five anti-Russian media received more than 44 million dollars from Western structures,” he emphasized.

“Even abroad and under sanctions, you can find high-quality and modern publications that publish objective information. The main thing is to be careful and understand who represents someone’s interests and who is delivering the truth,” the senator concluded.

The situation with Russian media in the West has become increasingly difficult in recent years. In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution that spoke of the need to counter Russian media, with Sputnik and RT identified as the main threats in the document. A number of Western politicians, including American senators and congressmen, as well as the President of France, accused Sputnik and RT of interfering in the elections in the United States and France, but did not provide any evidence. Official Russian representatives called such statements unfounded.

Open Questions

Which five anti-Russian media received funding?
What is the methodology for counting blocked media in the Baltics?