The head of the media holding France Médias Monde was surprised by EU censorship of RT

It is reported by AFP.

During a press lunch in Paris, she said that she was surprised by the fact that "Western democracies, as sanctions in a warlike situation, first resort to the weapon of censorship."

Zaragoza recalled that the decision to suspend RT broadcasts was taken at the EU level and was included in a package of broader sanctions.

“We just created a precedent: censorship, which is used by Western European democracies.

Now it is not very convenient to explain freedom of speech at the international level,” she said.

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.

The head of the European Federation of Journalists, Ricardo Gutierrez, said the ban on RT and Sputnik "created a dangerous precedent" and called it ineffective.

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said that by blocking RT in the EU, Western countries are trying to keep their populations in the dark.