The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov spoke about a targeted political company to limit the work of the Telegram messenger in Germany. She wrote about this in its Telegram Channel.
Zakharova reminded that in 2018, when the Russian court had imposed restrictions on access to the messenger, many German media were left without attention to this “next attack on freedom of speech in Russia.” So, she said that the Stern’s edition called this decision to “Kremlin’s attack on chats” and “the actions of the Stone Age”, the German HandelsBlatt ridicked the duration of the court hearing on the introduction of restrictions, and Deutsche Welle published material about how to circumvent the blocking.
“It seems, everything is logical: we are bad, they are good. Three years have passed. Mortwood,” the representative of the Foreign Ministry said. She stressed that it was in Germany that the campaign was currently gaining momentum to limit Telegram. “I love,” the Russian diplomat added.
In addition, Zakharov said that many German high-ranking officials have already spoke in favor of partial blocking of the messenger. She also stated that Telegram was trying to provide financial pressure with fines and through the European Union (EU).
previously became known that in Germany, an investigation was initiated against the network of TV channels of Russia Today. Berlin suspects a Russian television network in violation of broadcasting rules in Germany due to the allegedly lack of the network of the necessary license. According to the results of the investigation, the RT can be assigned a fine of up to half a million euros or a ban on broadcasting.