“Although it is legal to protect and promote independent and reliable news reports, RSF sees these closures as an abuse of the EU sanctions policy,” the organization said in a statement.
The RSF notes that instead of a ban, any country may require the media to guarantee editorial independence.
The statement also mentions the establishment of the same requirements for all media.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the situation with RT in the Baltic countries.
July 8, it became known that the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission decided to prohibit the broadcasting of RT channel in Lithuania.