The Russian government has decried YouTube’s decision to delete the state-funded RT broadcaster’s German-language channels as “information warfare” and said it will block German media in Russia in retaliation.
The video streaming website on Tuesday deleted RT’s DE and DFP channels for breaching coronavirus misinformation policy.
“This is a real media war declared by the state of Germany against the state of Russia,” RT’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted in response. Simonyan called on the Russian government to ban German media in Russia, including Deutsche Welle (DW), ARD and ZDF, “out of self-respect.”
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