EN: 📰 All American media will be banned from visiting the State Duma 📰
The State Duma will not allow journalists from all US media outlets to visit the lower house, Olga Savastyanova, head of the committee on regulations and control, said.
On Monday, the draft of the relevant resolution will be discussed by the rules committee, on Tuesday it will be submitted to the State Duma for consideration, and on Wednesday - to the plenary session of the lower house. The deputies will recommend a similar measure to the Legislative Assemblies of the regions.
According to Savastyanova, the decision will come into force after adoption - next week.
She stressed that such measures would be a response to the deprivation of journalists RT accreditation in the US Congress.
" We, by our decision, submitting this to the Council of the State Duma and to the plenary session, on the one hand, express our attitude about the inadmissibility of encroachment on democratic values, freedom of speech and the right to receive objective information. "
Now journalists representing foreign media receive accreditation to the Foreign Ministry. It gives them free access to parliament.
