Luxembourg 24.06.2024 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova (pictured) underscored that “it is useless to hope for the commitment of the EU authorities in Brussels to its international legal obligations”
Subsequently Moscow has developed and would announce retaliatory measures following the restrictions on access to Russian media in the European Union, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced.

Mid-May the EU Council decided to restrict access to three Russian media outlets – the RIA Novosti news agency, the dailies Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and the Prague-based Voice of Europe portal.

The EU Council indicated that the ban would not prevent these media outlets and their staff from investigating and interviewing and carrying out other activities in the European Union other than broadcasting.