Lavrov doesn't want 'race of bans' with US after RT's Congress accreditation revoked

Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 04:24 Edited time: 2 Dec, 2017 04:26 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he wouldn’t want a “race of bans” between Russia and the US, as the Russian State Duma mulls a tit-for-tat response to the revoking of RT’s press accreditation in Congress. The minister was speaking at a joint […]

RT America loses Congress accreditation, while State Dept says FARA won’t hamper its operation

Published time: 29 Nov, 2017 21:14 The US Congress has withdrawn RT America’s accreditation, citing the company’s “foreign agent” status. That’s hours after the State Department said the US Foreign Agents Registration Act “does not restrict an organization’s ability to operate.” On Wednesday, RT America received a letter from the Congress, informing it of the […]

Head of European Federation of Journalists blasts EU for refusing accreditation to Russian reporters

Published time: 25 Aug, 2017 12:32 The secretary-general of Europe’s largest journalists’ organization has described the refusal to allow Russian journalists to cover the upcoming informal meeting of EU foreign ministers as an attack on media freedom. Read more “This is indeed a serious attack on media freedom,” RIA Novosti quoted the head of the […]