The New York Times withdraws its news team from Russia

The newspaper New York Times announced on Tuesday the temporary departure of its team of correspondents from Russia to protect their safety, after the entry into force of a law that sentences up to 15 years in prison for any “misleading” information about the Russian invasion of Russia. Ukraine.

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“The new law of Russia seeks to criminalize independent and truthful reporting on the war against Ukraine. For the safety of our personnel working in the region, we are withdrawing them from the country for now,” the newspaper said in a brief statement sent to AFP.

However, “we will maintain our powerful live coverage and we intend to continue reporting rigorously on the offense of Russia on Ukraine and attempts to stifle independent journalism,” reads the statement.

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“We hope that they can return as soon as possible while we continue to monitor the application of the new law,” says the newspaper, whose deputy director of international information, Michael Slackman, had reported the decision on his Twitter account.

The New York newspaper is one of the last to make this decision after media such as CNN, BBC, TVE, the EFE agency or the newspaper El País, among others, decided to suspend their activities in Russia after the adoption by the Duma (Parliament) of a law that punishes “misleading information” after the Russian invasion of Ukraine with sentences of up to 15 years in prison.

The Kremlin, which signed said law last Friday, intends to prevent the armed forces from being “discredited”, considering that Russia is the object of a “war of disinformation”.

It also approved a law that penalizes those who request sanctions against Russia with economic fines and up to three years in prison.

The Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restricted access to the BBC, the German international radio television Deutsche Welle (DW) or the Voice of America on Russian territory since Friday.

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Source: Elcomercio

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