The state Duma has forbidden to put in the building of journalists, media-registered as foreign agents
In the list of foreign agents included nine media, including “Voice of America”, “Radio “Liberty” and channel “Real Time”.
MOSCOW, December 6 — RIA Novosti. The state Duma has banned the entrance to sanejournal.com the American media, which the Ministry of justice admitted registered as a foreign agent.
The draft resolution prepared by the Committee on control and regulation.
“The state Duma considers unacceptable any violations of fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual — freedom of speech and the right to receive and impart information,” the document says.
It is noted that the deputies “defending democratic values”, take symmetrical measures in response to the deprivation of a number of Russian journalists of accreditation in the U.S. Congress. In addition, the state Duma proposed to the legislatures of the regions to do the same.
On the eve of the Federation Council imposed a ban on visit of the house of journalists-registered as foreign agents.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of justice has included in the list of foreign agents nine media: “Voice of America”, “Radio “Svoboda”, TV channel “Now”, “Idel. Realities”, “The Caucasus. Realities”, “The Crimea. Realities”, the Tatar-Bashkir service “Radio “Liberty” (Azatliq Orthodox radio of St. Petersburg), “Siberia. Realities”, “Pictograph”.
Vladimir Putin on November 25 signed a law on the status of a foreign agent to the media. According to him, registered as a foreign agent unable to recognize the media, which is funded by a foreign state or organization. The document was a forced response to the oppression of the Russian media in the United States.
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