State Department condemns Russia’s crackdown on its last independent news outlets as journalists flee the country
The State Department issued a statement condemning Russia for cracking down on independent news networks in the country. “Russia is engaged in an unprovoked war on Ukraine,” department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “At home, the Kremlin is engaged in a full assault on media freedom and the truth, and Moscow’s efforts to mislead and suppress the truth of the brutal invasion are intensifying.
The statement comes as a wave of journalists from a Russian news network have fled the country fearing threats to their safety and as Russia prepares to consider a bill that would make “unofficial” reporting on its invasion of Ukraine punishable by up to 15 years in prison, Price said. On Tuesday, the prosecutor general’s Office in Russia ordered thatto TV Rain and the radio station Ekho Moskvy–a sharp message to the country’s dwindling independent news sources.
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