Worried about the safety of its journalists and employees in Russia, Radio-Canada is following in the footsteps of the BBC and “temporarily” interrupting its journalistic activities in the country. Moscow on Friday adopted a law providing for prison sentences for the dissemination of “false information” about the Russian army.
“In these exceptional circumstances, in order to ensure the safety of our journalists and our employees stationed in Moscow, we are temporarily suspending our journalistic activities in Russia, the time to clarify the scope of this new law”, indicated the public broadcaster. by press release on Friday afternoon.
Further details will follow.
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