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Russia announces ban on 81 E.U. media outlets, including Der Spiegel and Politico

Source: Meduza

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced it will block domestic access to 81 E.U.-based media outlets in retaliation for a new E.U. ban on four Kremlin-backed outlets that went into effect on Tuesday.

The ministry claimed that the 81 outlets “systematically disseminate false information about the progress of the special military operation.” It said it will reconsider the ban if the E.U. lifts its ban on the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti and newspapers Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The list of banned outlets includes news publications, TV channels, and radio stations from all but two E.U. countries — Luxembourg and Croatia. The list includes prominent outlets like Politico (both its European and American editions), Germany’s Der Spiegel, and France’s Le Monde, among others.

Austria

1. State television and radio company ORF (orf.at)

2. Osterreich Media Holding (oe24.at)

Belgium

3. Le Vif magazine (levif.be)

4. Knack Magazine (knack.be)

Bulgaria

5. News information portal Mediapool (Mediapool.bg)

6. Newspaper 24 Chasa (24chasa.bg)

Hungary

7. Information internet-portal (444.hu)

Germany

8. Der Spiegel magazine (spiegel.de)

9. Newspaper Die Zeit (zeit.de)

10. Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (faz.net)

Greece

11. “Greek Radio and Television” ERT News (ert.gr, ertnews.gr)

12. Skai Media Holding (skai.gr)

13. Mega TV channel (Megatv.com)

14. Newspaper Proto Thema (protothema.gr)

Denmark

15. Daily newspaper Berlingske (berlingske.dk)

16. Information publication (information.dk)

Ireland

17. National broadcaster RTE (rte.ie)

18. The Irish Times newspaper (irishtimes.com)

19. The Irish Independent (independent.ie)

Spain

20. El Mundo newspaper (elmundo.es)

21. El Pais newspaper (elpais.com)

22. EFE News Agency (efe.com)

23. Spanish state television Televisión Española (rtve.es)

Italy

24. National broadcasting channel LA7 (la7.it)

25. La Stampa newspaper (lastampa.it)

26. La Repubblica newspaper (repubblica.it)

27. TV company RAI (rai.it, rainews.it)

Cyprus

28. Politis newspaper (politis.com.cy)

29. Electronic information portal Cyprus Times (cyprustimes.com)

30. Newspaper Cyprus Mail (cyprus-mail.com)

Latvia

31. Latvian Television and Latvian Radio 4 (lsm.lv)

32. Internet portal apollo.lv

33. Internet TV channel tvnet.lv

34. Publication Diena (diena.lv)

Lithuania

35. LRT Internet portal (lrt.lt)

36. Internet portal 15min.lt (15min.lt)

37. Internet portal lrytas.lt (lrytas.lt)

Malta

38. Central state television channel Television Malta TVM (tvmnews.mt)

39. Times of Malta (timesofmalta.com)

40. The Malta Independent newspaper (independent.com.mt)

41. Newspaper Malta Today (maltatoday.com.mt)

Netherlands

42. Broadcasting company NOS (nos.nl)

43. Newspaper Nrc (nrc.nl)

44. Newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (ad.nl)

Poland

45. Belsat TV channel (belsat.eu, belsat.pl)

46. ​​Magazine “New Poland” (novayapolsha.eu, novayapolsha.com novayapolsha.pl)

Portugal

47. TV channel RTP Internacional (rtp.pt)

48. Newspaper Publico (publico.pt)

49. Expresso newspaper (expresso.pt)

50. Information and analytical project Observador (observador.pt)

Romania

51. TV channel Pro TV International (satellites “Eutelsat 16A -16 EST” and “Astra 5B - 31.5 EST” websites: stirileprotv.ro, protv.ro)

52. Digi24 TV channel (satellite “Eutelsat 16A - 16EST” website digi24.ro)

53. TV channel B1TV (satellite “Astra 5B - 31.5 EST” website b1tv.ro)

Slovakia

54. SME newspaper (sme.sk)

55. Internet publication Dennik N (dennikn.sk)

Slovenia

56. Online publication Nova24 (Nova24.si, Nova24tv.si)

57. Internet publication Demokracija (Demokracija.si, Demokracija.eu)

Finland

58. Newspaper Ilta-Sanomat (is.fi)

59. Newspaper Iltalehti (iltalehti.fi)

60. Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (hs.fi)

61. TV and radio company Yleisradio (yle.fi)

France

62. LCI TV channel (tf1info.fr)

63. Le Monde newspaper (lemonde.fr)

64. La Croix newspaper (la-croix.com)

65. Liberation newspaper (liberation.fr)

66. Lexpress magazine (lexpress.fr)

67. Radio France (radiofrance.fr)

68. News agency Agence France-Presse (afp.com, afpforum.com)

69. CNews TV channel (cnews.fr)

70. TV company Arte (arte.tv)

Czech

71. TV channel Ceska Televize (ceskatelevize.cz)

72. Internet portal Seznam Zpravy (seznamzpravy.cz)

Sweden

73. Broadcasting company SVT (svt.se)

74. Radio company Sveriges Radio (sverigesradio.se)

Estonia

75. Information web portal propastop.org

76. National Broadcasting Corporation ERR (err.ee)

77. Delfi media resource (delfi.ee)

Pan-European media

78. Agence Europe (agenceurope.eu)

79. Politico (www.politico.eu, www.politico.com)

80. Svoboda Satellite Package

81. Online publication Euobserver (Euobserver.com).