Kremlin defends media crackdown as more Western news organizations shut down
By David R. Sands - The Washington Times - Saturday, March 5, 2022
Two more Western news organizations announced Saturday they were suspending operations inside Russia following the passage of a new law imposing fines and criminal penalties for publishing “fake news” about the invasion of Ukraine.
German broadcasters ARD and ZDF joined the BBC, CNN and other news organizations shuttering their Russia bureaus after President Vladimir Putin signed a law Friday calling for up to 15-year prison sentences for what is deemed false reporting about the country’s military.
Russia, which is widely seen as having lost the narrative wars in the first week of fighting to the Ukrainian government, also blocked social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook on Friday.
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