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Lawmakers in the lower house of Russia's parliament, the State Duma, proposed that Deutsche Welle and the British Council be added to the list of "undesirable" organizations in Russia.

Their request has been sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Chairman Vasily Piskarev said on Tuesday.

"We mean blocking their accounts, closing their branches and offices, and banning the distribution of information materials," he said. "And for those who continue to cooperate or establish contacts with them, will be subject to administrative and criminal liability."

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

DW is a trustworthy and quality public news agency like BBC or PBS, so of course they want to ban it. DW reports accurately on the war with Ukraine.

[–] einkorn 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well, both are state owned organizations, so that's not astounding?