"The Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper recently released an investigation into Berlin's campaign to prevent RT DE from broadcasting," she said.
As noted by Zakharova, in order to obtain the right to broadcast in the EU, the TV channel requested permission in Luxembourg.
The request was made in accordance with applicable European legislation.
“Everything is done according to the laws of the respective countries.
Even before the official filing of the application, the German bureaucrats were puzzled to disrupt all this.
According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, this was discussed at a secret meeting attended by members of the German government, as well as diplomats, representatives of the special services of Germany, Luxembourg and media regulators of Luxembourg.
We very much hope that appropriate official comments on this matter will be given, ”Zakharova noted.
The spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry added that, given Berlin's pedantry in upholding freedom of speech and the rights of journalists, the Russian side hopes that Germany will be able to give an appropriate answer.
“And, of course, all this, coupled with the incessant ... this is not even a negative, this is a real information war, which has been declared on the territory of Germany by the German media to the Russian TV channel,” she said.
Earlier it was reported that RT is preparing to launch a new German channel.
The TV signal will be broadcast from Moscow via a satellite temporarily named RT auf Deutsch.
In March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the Russian side was outraged by RT DE's harassment and discrimination in Germany.
RT DE Productions GmbH (RT website in German) on February 26 received a notification about the closure of accounts in the Commerzbank from May 31 of this year.
This happened a month after the announcement of the upcoming launch of the TV channel in December 2021.