Duma accuses DW of extremist content

Russian lower house of parliament Duma Commission on Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs has announced that the Deutsche Welle news company violated Russian law, lawmaker Vasily Piskarev said. Deutsche Welle displays attributes of justifying extremism — State Duma commissionhttps://t.co/78UOUVCrua pic.twitter.com/e8TbNiq1yG — TASS (@tassagency_en) September 27, 2019 “Today, the commission has finished its inquiry regarding…

Media attention to Putin at rise

A record number of journalists – 1,702 – have been accredited to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s traditional annual news conference due to take place on December 20, according to the Kremlin website which posted the final list of accredited journalists. Press secretary Dmitry Peskov said earlier this year’s news conference had attracted increased interest, with…

Russia labels American outlets as ‘foreign agents’

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law on  new measures allowing authorities to list media outlets as “foreign agents” in response to what Kremlin says is unacceptable Washington pressure on Russian media abroad. Putin signs plan to force US media outlets to register as "foreign agents" https://t.co/QQ80hz4s3B pic.twitter.com/cXo2r7e7cr — The Hill (@thehill) November 25, 2017…

Trump thrashed ‘mainstream (fake)’ media

At 100 days celebration the US president Trump  waged an attack against the media, reminding that he was not attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, breaking tradition with the other US presidents. “I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away from Washington’s swamp, spending my evening with…