Russian parliament to bar all US media from accessing it

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Dec 1, 2017, 6:50 AM ET

Russia's parliament could bar U.S. media from reporting within its walls in retaliation for the withdrawal of a Kremlin-funded television station's credentials in the United States.

Olga Savastyanova of the State Duma told Russian news agencies on Friday that she expects the Duma to adopt the ban next week. Separately, Igor Morozov, member of the information policy committee at the Federation Council, told the RIA Novosti news agency that the upper chamber of the Russian parliament would support the ban and could vote to enforce it later this month.

Foreign correspondents in Russia can currently access the Russian parliament and some government agencies with their press credentials issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

A committee that governs Capitol Hill access for broadcast journalists on Wednesday withdrew credentials for Kremlin-funded RT after the company complied earlier this month with a U.S. demand that it register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Russia has denounced the move as a violation of media freedom.

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[bettyellen]

1. As if it matters. They lie anyway.

[Iliyah]

2. Except for fake news and sin sin clair

They still will be getting their marching orders.

[greymattermom]

3. So now we'll know which media

are actually Russian. Right?

[forgotmylogin]

4. They're providing an example for 45.

He'd love to cover all the lens caps of reporters with his grubby short fingers.

[FigTree]

5. This is a very boring show anyways.

Ours is a little less boring because producers spend lots of money to maintain some kind of tension in the scripts. But barely.