The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: the ban channel "RTR-Planeta" in Lithuania - the breach of obligations
Moscow believes the ban on broadcasting in Lithuania channel "RTR-Planeta" gross failures of the international obligations of Vilnius and waiting for the reaction from Brussels and the OSCE, said in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The decision to stop the retransmission of all programs of the Russian TV channel "RTR-the planet" members of the Lithuanian Council for radio and television broadcasting, adopted in connection with the transfer " Sunday evening with Vladimir Solovyov, which aired on March 12. Review Commission, " formed an opinion about Ukrainians As enemies, ignored and humiliated the territorial integrity of Ukraine ".
As told in the Russian Ministry, in Lithuania " has created an extremely dangerous situation with the use of repressive methods of pressure on the media and harassment of correspondents in the country in fact operates a full-scale political censorship that are incompatible with the democratic norms of the country ".
"This situation, in our opinion, deserves immediate public reaction from Brussels, as well as an envoy of the OSCE on freedom of the media. There is a gross violation of Vilnius of Lithuania's international obligations on freedom of expression and access to information ", - reported in the explanations, published on the Internet representation of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs.