Russia's Permanent Representative to the EU Chizhov commented on British sanctions against Russian media

“Here, Great Britain and its well-known current prime minister (Boris Johnson. -

) still strive to overtake the locomotive, expressed by our well-known formulas, and be ahead of at least the European Union in order to set an example in their view and in this to implement its concept of global Britain, ”TASS quotes him as saying.

Chizhov recalled that the British authorities announced the imposition of sanctions against RT and Sputnik.

“Now, probably, they will take up others (TV channels. -

).

So, in the view of the current not only European bureaucrats, but also the political elite of European countries, the implementation of the holy principle of freedom of speech looks like,” he concluded.

Earlier, the British Foreign Office announced the imposition of sanctions against RT and Sputnik, as well as against other Russian media and journalists.