The Union of Journalists of Russia condemned the words of the European Commissioner about the broadcasting of RT DE in Germany

“The Union of Journalists of Russia believes that such behavior of the German leadership towards the new channel RT DE violates both freedom of speech and the freedom to disseminate information, which is declared by all European constitutions, as well as the American first amendment.

Unfortunately, not only these departments, which we have just talked about, but also the German journalistic community and the Union of Journalists also support various sanctions against the Russian media, "Solovyov said.

He noted that this is due to the fear of competition.

“Because obviously this information, which will be broadcasted on the RT DE channel, will be against the mainstream.

Any news that does not coincide with what is on the main German channels, of course, will cause very strong irritation.

I think we will turn this information to the International Federation of Journalists.

Maybe this will in some way affect the way to change the decision of the German authorities and public organizations, "the interlocutor of RT concluded.

Earlier, the press service of the RT channel called the actions of the head of the European media oversight body, Tobias Schmid, dishonorable, who challenged the legality of RT broadcasting in Germany and said that the channel would be "taken care of."

The Commissioner is currently trying to use his powers to put pressure on independent European satellite TV operators to stop broadcasting RT DE.

On December 16, RT launched a new 24-hour German-language news channel, RT DE, which will broadcast live news, talk shows and documentaries.

Shortly after the launch, YouTube deleted the account of the new RT DE channel, RT auf Sendung.

Google said that the RT auf Sendung channel was removed due to an alleged violation of the terms of use of the platform, namely, because of the circumvention of the restrictions already imposed.

RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, after the removal of the YouTube channel RT auf Sendung, said that the channel had never faced such restrictions and attempts to prevent it from going on air as in Germany.