EU Mulls Widening Russia Blacklist Adding Journalists, Law Enforcement

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MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) – The European Union could add more Russian journalists and law enforcement officers to a list of people targeted by sanctions, bringing to 107 the number of figures sanctioned by the bloc, the Kommersant business daily said Wednesday, citing sources in Brussels.
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The sanctions could target Russian media organizations and journalists who “actively participated in the propaganda efforts” in support of Crimea’s reunification with Russia last month.

The potential list includes Russia's largest media group, Gazprom-media, and four major Russian TV channels: Rossiya, Russia Today, Channel One and NTV.

Three individual journalists could be added to the blacklist, Mikhail Leontyev, Irada Zeynalova and Mikhail Gusman, who may face sanctions similar to those already imposed against Dmitry Kiselev, a prominent Russian TV journalist and head of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency.
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Read more: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140409/189119840/EU-Mulls-Widening-Russia-Blacklist-Adding-Journalists-Law.html

[KoKo]

1. Ah...more Censorship of Journalists and Media ....What more could they ask for?

What are they going to do? Shut down the Global Internet?

[KoKo]

2. "...barred from travelling, owning property or banking in the EU.

Kiselev, known for his fierce criticism of the West and pro-Russian stance, was the only journalist in the world to be targeted by political sanctions last month and barred from travelling, owning property or banking in the EU. The sanctions against him were strongly condemned by the World Press Freedom Committee, one of the leading organizations on the rights of journalists.

In an interview with Russia's Izvestia daily, Kiselev said the sanctions against him threaten the rights of all journalists around the world. He also explained that Russia and the West have switched roles and now Russia has become the main defender of democratic principles and freedom of speech.

The bans against Russian individuals, accused of undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, would be introduced before a round of EU economic sanctions against Russia.