BLOCKED ACCESS IN RUSSIA OF 81 EUROPEAN MEDIA

1. ORF» (orf.at), Austria
2. Osterreich (oe24.at), Austria
3. Le Vif (levif.be), Belgium
4. Knack (knack.be), Belgium
5. Mediapool (Mediapool.bg), Bulgaria
6. 24 Chasa (24chasa.bg), Bulgaria
7.  444.hu, Hungary
8. Der Spiegel (spiegel.de), Germany
9. Die Zeit (zeit.de), Germany
10. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (faz.net), Germany
11. (ert.gr, ertnews.gr), Greece
12. Skai (skai.gr), Greece
13. Mega (Megatv.com, Greece
14. Proto Thema (protothema.gr), Greece
15. Berlingske (berlingske.dk), Denmark
16. Information(information.dk), Denmark
17. RTE (rte.ie), Ireland
18. The Irish Times (irishtimes.com), Ireland
19. The Irish Independent (independent.ie), Ireland
20. El Mundo (elmundo.es), Spain
21. El Pais (elpais.com), Spain
22. EFE» (efe.com), Spain
23. Televisión Española (rtve.es), Spain
24. LA7 (la7.it), Italy
25. La Stampa (lastampa.it), Italy
26. La Repubblica (repubblica.it), Italy
27. RAI (rai.it, rainews.it), Italy
28. Politis (politis.com.cy), Cyprus
29. Cyprus Times (cyprustimes.com), Cyprus
30. Cyprus Mail (cyprus-mail.com), Cyprus
31. Latvian Television (lsm.lv), Latvia
32. apollo.lv, Latvia
33. tvnet.lv, Lavia
34. Diena (diena.lv), Latvia
35. LRT (lrt.lt), Lithuania
36. 15min.lt (15min.lt), Lithuania
37. lrytas.lt (lrytas.lt), Lithuania
38. Television Malta TVM (tvmnews.mt), Malta
39. Times of Malta (timesofmalta.com), Malta
40. The Malta Independent (independent.com.mt), Malta
41. Malta Today (maltatoday.com.mt), Malta
42. Nos (nos.nl), Netherlands
43.  Nrc (nrc.nl), Netherlands
44. Algemeen Dagblad (ad.nl), Netherlands
45. Belsat (belsat.eu, belsat.pl), Poland
46. (novayapolsha.eu, novayapolsha.com, novayapolsha.pl), Poland
47. RTP Internacional(rtp.pt), Portugal
48. Publico (publico.pt), Portugal
49. Expresso (expresso.pt), Portugal
50. Observador (observador.pt), Portugal
51. Pro TV International (stirileprotv.ro, protv.ro), Romania
52. Digi24 (digi24.ro), Romania
53. B1TV» (b1tv.ro), Romania
54. SME (sme.sk), Slovakia
55. Dennik N (dennikn.sk), Slovakia
56.  Nova24 (Nova24.si, Nova24tv.si), Slovenia
57. Demokracija (Demokracija.si, Demokracija.eu), Slovenia
58. Ilta-Sanomat (is.fi), Finland
59. Iltalehti (iltalehti.fi), Finland
60. Helsingin Sanomat (hs.fi), Finland
61. Yleisradio» (yle.fi), Finland
62. LCI (tf1info.fr), France
63.  Le Monde» (lemonde.fr), France
64. La Croix (la-croix.com), France
65. Liberation (liberation.fr), France
66. Lexpress (lexpress.fr), France
67. Radio France (radiofrance.fr), France
68. Agence France-Presse (afp.com, afpforum.com), France
69. CNews (cnews.fr), France
70. Arte (arte.tv), Frnce
71. Ceska Televize (ceskatelevize.cz), Czech Republic
72.  Seznam Zpravy (seznamzpravy.cz), Czech Republic
73.  SVT (svt.se), Sweden
74.  Sveriges Radio (sverigesradio.se), Sweden
75.  propastop.org, Estonia
76. ERR (err.ee), Estonia
77. Delfi (delfi.ee), Estonia
78.  Agence Europe (agenceurope.eu), EU
79. Politico (www.politico.eu, www.politico.com), EU
80. Svoboda Satellite Package» (rsf.org) , EU
81. Euobserver (Euobserver.com, EU

Note

The move by Russia is a profoundly undemocratic act against freedom of expression, pluralism of opinions, and freedom of the press. The public should have unrestricted access to information and diverse viewpoints, allowing them to form their own opinions.

Blocking media outlets from accessing the public and their sources of information is condemnable and profoundly undemocratic. Citizens should be empowered to choose which media they follow, and any attempt to manipulate or restrict media access is “dishonorable, condemnable, and reeks of repression.