EU condemns Russian authorities’ decision to outlaw Meduza

The European Union “strongly condemns” the Russian Prosecutor General’s decision to designate Meduza as an “undesirable organization,” as expressed in the official statement just published on the EU website:

This is yet another serious politically motivated attack on media freedom in Russia. It shows that it is not enough for the Russian authorities to spread manipulated information on Russia’s war against Ukraine, but they also want to prevent independent media from providing Russian audiences any access to factual information about the war.

Together with the decision to evict the Sakharov Center from its Moscow premises, action against Meduza, the statement goes on,

marks a dark day for the Russian civil society and a new low point in the Kremlin’s bulldozing of rights and freedoms of the Russian citizens. Its aggression against Ukraine is accompanied with continued and increasing oppression of the Russian population at home.

The European Union affirms its solidarity with independent Russian media.