Héloise Goy with Gauthier Delomez 10:45 a.m., March 04, 2022
Due to the Russian military invasion in Ukraine, the independent radio Echo of Moscow decided to scuttle itself, and the television channel DOJD chose to suspend its activity.
The Russian media have been banned from speaking of "war" to discuss the conflict, and are required to use information provided by the authorities.
The war in Ukraine has political, economic and also media consequences.
This is the case for the independent Russian radio Echo of Moscow, which has decided to scuttle itself.
This radio station was a historical figure in the Russian media landscape.
Since its creation in 1990, it was one of the few media to cover the war without relaying Kremlin propaganda.
And on Tuesday, Echo of Moscow and the DOJD television channel were banned from broadcasting by Russian authorities who accused them of "knowingly publishing false information concerning the activities of Russian military personnel".
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The ban on evoking a "war" in Ukraine
After this ban, the editor of the Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov, announced Thursday on the instant messaging Telegram the self-dissolution of the radio and the website of his media.
For its part, the independent television channel DOJD chose to suspend its work, while specifying that this decision was temporary.
Since the beginning of the Russian military invasion in Ukraine, all Russian media have been banned from using information other than that provided by the authorities, who present this invasion as a simple "special operation".
Russian journalists are therefore not allowed to use the word “war” to describe the conflict in Ukraine.