Oppression of freedom of speech and press in Russia intensifies. Now 29 representatives of popular British publications have been banned from entering the country.. The reason for this step was the "

The Russian Federation was obviously offended by the active support of Ukraine by the West and the loyal attitude of the European media. This is especially true for representatives of the UK..

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The ban applies to British journalists working for the BBC, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Sky News and a number of other publications.. The list includes editors-in-chief of the Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Independent..

The Guardian did not disregard. Four correspondents of the publication, namely, Sean Walker, Luke Harding, Emma Graham-Harrison and Peter Beaumont, as well as editor-in-chief Catherine Wiener, are now “banned” in the Russian Federation.

In turn, The Guardian responded to the event.

" Reliable and accurate journalism is now more important than ever, and despite this decision, we will continue to actively cover Russia and its invasion of Ukraine..

However, such a reaction from the Russian leadership was to be expected, because the fight against dissent in the Russian Federation has been going on for decades and has only intensified recently.. Relatively recently, Radio Liberty was fined 18 million rubles for "