“Freedom of the press no longer exists.
Everything turns into ideology, "he said on RT.
The director noted that the audience likes RT for its documentaries, as well as pleasant and truthful coverage of events from around the world.
At the same time, he admitted that Germany could not make a decision on RT DE independently.
“I'm just afraid that this is not an independent decision of Germany.
It seems to me that this is a broader scale of the war that started just a few years ago, the focus here is on what they call "Russian malevolent influence on the world."
Complete absurdity! "
- he noted.
Kusturica also said that those who "want to close" RT "know that they themselves cannot offer viewers truthful materials around the world."
In addition, the director noted that "the West does not want to see the truth."
Kusturica believes that "the market has long overtaken democracy for itself."
On December 22, it became known that the German media regulator MABB forced the European satellite operator Eutelsat 9B to remove from its platform RT DE, which is broadcasting from studios in Moscow.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the disconnection of RT DE from satellite broadcasting, said that Germany is deliberately leading Russia to the need to take retaliatory measures.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called for protecting the interests of the RT DE channel.