The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has banned more than 80 European newspapers and websites in Russia:

▪️ French - Agence France-Presse (AFP), Le Monde, Liberation, LCI, La Croix, Lexpress, Radio France, CNews, Arte;

▪️ Italian - LA7 and RAI TV, La Stampa, La Repubblica;

▪️ Spanish - El País, El Mundo, Televisión Española, EFE;

▪️ German - Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung;

▪️ Dutch - Nos, Nrc, Algemeen Dagblad;

▪️ pan-European EUobserver and Politico, Lithuanian LRT, Estonian Delfi, and Finnish Yle, among others;

The decision was taken in response to the blocking of RIA Novosti, Izvestiya, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta in the EU. The EU also banned NTV/NTV Mir, Rossiya 1, REN TV, Channel One, RT