Moscow/Prensa Latina
Russia has reacted negatively to France’s refusal to accredit a number of Russian journalists for the Paris Olympics, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Monday.
The angle of our authorities in direction of the French choice is extraordinarily detrimental, the spokesman mentioned in response to a query from the press accredited to the Russian presidency about how the Kremlin assesses the choice of Paris.
He additionally confused that Moscow considers France’s refusal to be “unacceptable” because it straight infringes on press freedom and violates all of France’s commitments to the Group for Safety and Cooperation in Europe and different worldwide our bodies.
Russia, he continued, expects a response to those French actions from related human rights organizations and organizations devoted to making sure the foundations and guidelines of media freedom.
On Sunday, French Inside Minister Gérald Darmanin admitted in an announcement to an area media outlet that some Russian journalists had been denied accreditation to cowl the Olympics, citing alleged espionage and cyberattacks.
Specifically, the Paris Olympics organizing committee has denied accreditation to 5 journalists from the RIA Novosti Sport information company.
The Paris Summer time Olympics will happen from July 26 to August 11.
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