The European Union has decided to add four Russian media outlets to the sanctions list, accusing them of propaganda, Reuters reports, citing the European Commissioner for Values and Transparency, UNN reports.
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They are Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Russian funding of European media, non-governmental organizations or political parties is also prohibited.
According to the editor of the English-language service of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe, Ricard Jozwiak, Voice of Europe is associated with former Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk.