Germany: ARD and ZDF suspend their broadcasts from Moscow

The two German public television channels, ARD and ZDF, are currently suspending their broadcasts from their Moscow-based studios.

To consider the consequences of the new Russian legislation on the media, the two German stations, according to their representative, will continue to inform their audience about developments from elsewhere. ARD has had an office in Moscow since 1956.

According to reports cited by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Russian President Vladimir Putin would have signed a law that criminalizes the “deliberate public dissemination of false news about the armed forces of the Russian Federation” while there is still a risk of. Russian state media, p. They do not speak of a “war” against Ukraine, but of a “special military operation”.

source: iefi merida