:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a/internal_photos/bs/2022/6/n/9kiTa5S1KPL737mLoKoQ/2022-05-16t121407z-1-lwd834416052022rp1-rtrwnev-e-8344-ukraine-crisis-russia-usa.jpg "Russia closes the Moscow office of Canadian broadcaster CBC | World")
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia informed this Wednesday (18) that it was closing the Moscow branch of the Canadian broadcaster CBC and would withdraw visas and accreditation for journalists from the public broadcaster after the government of Canada bans the Russian state television channel Russia Today (RT).
“With regret, we continue to observe open attacks on Russian media from countries in the so-called collective West that claim to be civilized,” said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russiato journalists.
“The decision was taken to take retaliatory measures, rebound of reprisals, in relation to the actions of the Canada: the closure of the Moscow office of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including the cancellation of the accreditations and visas of its journalists.”
Zakharova said the Canada chose what she called a “Russophobic” path, including media censorship. In March, the Canada removed the Russian state channels RT and RT France, the French version of RT.
In a statement, the CBC and its French-language unit Radio Canada said they had operated a bureau in Moscow for 44 years and were “deeply disappointed” by the decision.
“As far as we know, this is the first time in the history of CBC/Radio-Canada that a foreign government forced the closure of one of our newsrooms,” said Chuck Thompson, CBC’s head of public affairs. Russia to stifle a free and independent press within its borders.”
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