In Russia, journalists of the German media group ARD were deprived of accreditation
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Russia has expelled two journalists from the German ARD media group in response to the closure of the Channel One bureau in Berlin. The Russian Foreign Ministry called this a mirror measure after banning the work of Russian correspondents in Germany.
Moscow is expelling two German journalists. As stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to the closure of the Channel one bureau in Berlin.
Transmits UNN with reference to DW.
In the Russian Federation, it was decided to revoke the accreditation of two correspondents from Germany.
"In response to the German authorities' ban on the stay and work of Channel One correspondents, we are forced to take mirror measures against journalists from the Moscow representative office of the German ARD media group," Maria Zakharova, speaker of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said at a briefing on Wednesday.
Channel One connects the closure of its bureau in Germany with a report on the detention of a German citizen Nikolai Gaiduk. The latter is accused of involvement in blowing up a pipe at a gas distribution station in Kaliningrad in March 2024.
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