Moscow vows to retaliate for RT ban in Germany
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- Published Date: 08:33 | 02 February 2022
- Modified Date: 09:23 | 02 February 2022
Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday said it will take "retaliatory measures" against German media in Russia after RT's German-language channel was banned by a local regulator.
The ministry said the decision leaves "us no choice other than to start implementing retaliatory measures against German media accredited in Russia" and internet platforms that have deleted the channel.
RT said it will go to court over the German decision.
In December, YouTube had removed RT DE, saying it violated community standards, and the MABB media watchdog for Berlin and the state of Brandenburg ruled RT DE was not eligible to broadcast in Germany for licensing reasons.
The ban led to Eutelsat removing RT Deutsch from the list of channels broadcast from its satellites, though the broadcaster continued to stream content on its website.
RT DE, which had until the end of 2021 to respond to the proceedings, said on its website that it had a Serbian licence that allowed it to broadcast in Germany under a European convention on trans-frontier television.