“We see a massive campaign against the Russian media. This is a real customized well-targeted campaign. We know where the epicenter is and where the whole process is conducted from. This is, of course, Brussels, but also our overseas partners. “Okolonatovskie” structures have developed a whole strategy to oppress Russian journalists in the Russian media, ”the diplomat said.
According to her, this is done comprehensively in those countries where "there is an announcement of the Russian media in the languages of the country concerned."
“First of all, these media are blocked and they do not allow these journalists to work. This is all done under a fictitious, contrived and simply made-up pretext. There is no invoice that could be presented to Russian journalists, Russian media, and Russian publications as a kind of “accusatory base,” she said.
In mid-January 2019, the German Union of Journalists (DJV) called on the German supervisory authorities not to issue a broadcast license to RT Deutsch.
During the briefing on January 31, Zakharova noted the “intensification of a large-scale campaign in the German press to discredit” the Russian media, in particular RT Deutsch and Sputnik.
As DJV later stated, there is no campaign against the Russian media in Germany.