“We are convinced that the main losers in this situation are the residents of France and other French-speaking countries of Europe, who are deprived of access to a high-quality and reliable source of information,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement.

The embassy added that the blocking of the TV channel's accounts is a flagrant violation not only of fundamental democratic principles and international norms and rules regarding freedom of the media.

Earlier, the head of RT France, Ksenia Fedorova, commented on the blocking of the bank account of the TV channel in France at the request of the General Directorate of the Treasury under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the country.

The Council of the EU has previously initiated the process of suspending the broadcasting licenses of the Russian TV channels NTV, REN TV, Rossiya 1 and Channel One.

In addition, the EU, as part of the ninth package of restrictions, imposed sanctions on the autonomous non-profit organization TV-Novosti.