Baltic States resort to ban tactics in relations with Russia — Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW, September 15 /TASS/. The tactics of denying entry to Russian journalists shows the true worth of the Baltic States’ declared commitment to the principles of democracy and freedom of speech, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in its statement on Tuesday.

"The EU has constantly been wailing of the need to be committed to freedom of speech. Regrettably, we need to state - against this background - that this important principle is being literally ignored on a daily basis to suit political ambitions," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

"It seems that the authorities in the neighbouring Baltic States who feel they are impotent to preserve control over the media space have resorted to the tactics of bans on the work of separate journalists and media outlets, which fall out of line of the mainstream approved from above," the ministry said.

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