As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth day, the European Union has banned the Kremlin’s media outlets like Sputnik and Russia Today into its territory.
Announcing the decision, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “We will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU. The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.”
She also said, “We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.”
The European Union considered these two state-owned media outlets as propaganda organs in the service of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Her statements come hours after Putin ordered his nuclear forces to be on high alert.
Prior to this, Poland and Estonia regulators have already banned them while Western countries like the UK and France have renewed scrutiny on Russian Today.
On February, the European Union imposed a slew of sanctions against the Russian administration in the wake of its attacks against the Ukrainian armed forces.
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