The French Ministry of Finance has blocked the bank accounts of the French branch of the Russian state television company RT (the old name is Russia Today) as part of the ninth round of European Union sanctions against the aggressor state. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance in a comment to CNN..
They clarified that the restrictive measures against the Russian Federation introduced in December provide for the freezing of the assets of ANO TV-Novosti, which fully owns the propaganda RT France..
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CNN added that before the introduction of the ninth package of sanctions, RT France was banned from broadcasting in France, but the activities of the content company did not stop..
Earlier it was reported that the EU wants to prepare the tenth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation before February 24.