Hannoversche Allgemeine writes about this with reference to the Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland (RND) media group.
As noted, a meeting with counterintelligence officers was held on this issue in Potsdam, where possible “Moscow influence” was discussed, which, according to the media group, “counts on RT and Sputnik”.
Earlier, Russia's ambassador to Germany, Sergei Nechaev, commenting on the situation with RT and Sputnik, said that the campaign of “harassing” the Russian media in Germany is being conducted because there are no arguments against their position.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on Berlin’s position on the situation around the Russian media in the Federal Republic of Germany.
In mid-January 2019, the German Union of Journalists (DJV) urged not to issue a broadcast license to RT Deutsch.