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The official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova criticized the refusal of the members of staff of the candidate in presidents of France Emmanuel Makron accreditation of Russian journalists, RIA “Novosti”.
“Given the fact that other foreign media are obstacles not experienced, consider data restrictive measures as a deliberate and blatant discrimination of the Russian media on the part of the candidate state, which has historically been on guard of freedom of speech,” she said.
Zakharova also urged to pay attention to this incident, representatives of specialized international organizations and the competent authorities of France as a violation of the rights of the media during presidential elections.
Earlier it was reported that experts on cyber security have uncovered evidence pointing to possible involvement of the Russian hacker groups for attacks on members of the election campaign of Emmanuel Macron.