The small ex-Soviet state of Moldova accused the channels of broadcasting “false information” about the country and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow was angered by Moldova’s decision to temporarily ban broadcasting on six television channels. Russia typically spoke of “political censorship”.
The small ex-Soviet state of Moldova accused the channels of broadcasting “false information” about the country and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The channels – some of which are broadcast in the Moldovan language and others in Russian – are closely linked with politician and businessman Ilan Shorwho left the country in 2019 after the election of pro-Western president Maya Sandu.
Shor, who lives in exile in Israel, supported the protests in Chisinau calling for the resignation of Sandu’s government.
“We consider this ban as an unprecedented act of political censorship, as an abuse of the principle of media pluralism and a flagrant violation of the right to free access to information, to which the political leadership of the Republic regularly declares its commitment,” said representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.
“In light of the unprecedented consequences of the implementation of the measure for the Russian-speaking part of the country’s population, we also characterize this as a cynical violation of the rights of national minorities.”
The ban will take effect on Monday and will last for the duration of the state of emergency declared by Moldova after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, in what Moscow calls a “special military operation” to “de-Nazify” it. country.
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