🤡Russian minister of foreign affairs Lavrov congratulated the russian propaganda news agency TASS on the 120th anniversary of its founding.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the phrase "TASS is authorized to declare" is familiar to many generations of Russian and Soviet citizens.

According to the dictator's horseman:
“This is a brand and a sign of quality, proven by more than a century of history,”

"Authorized to declare" - the very anti-thesis of media freedom, of freedom of speech!

On 27 February 2022, "under the circumstances of the new media regulation enforced by the Russian government, which is heavily restricting media freedom", the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) unanimously decided to suspend TASS as "not being able to provide unbiased news", pending an exclusion decision.

- As for the persistent rumour that Lavrov is no longer alive - well, the statement about Lavrov congratulating TASS, was of course released by .. TASS! So the rumour continues.