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Hungarian news site banned in Russia
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The Hungarian news site 444.hu is the only one from Hungary on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s ban list. As of 25 June, Russia has blocked access to 81 European news services, categorised by country on the ministry’s website, with some listed as pan-European media.
Hungarian news site banned in Russia
The ministry’s statement indicates this move is a response to the EU Council’s decision on 17 May to ban “all broadcasting activities” of three Russian media outlets—RIA Novosti, Izvestia Media Information Centre, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. This EU ban also took effect on 25 June.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, led by Sergey Lavrov, claims these measures target media outlets that “regularly disseminate false information about the course of the special military operation”, 444.hu writes.
The statement emphasises that Russia had repeatedly warned against politically motivated actions against its journalists and unjustified bans on Russian media in the EU, which would not go unanswered. Despite this, Brussels and EU member states have continued to escalate tensions, prompting Moscow to enact these counter-measures, the communiqué writes. The responsibility for these developments, the statement asserts, lies with the EU leadership and the countries supporting this decision. Russia will reconsider its stance if the EU lifts its restrictions on Russian media.
A badge of honor for 444.hu, a great site.
Who started with the censorship? It was the E.U.
Whoever feels the need to censor speech is not a good guy and is not on the right side of history, period.