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| Putin: Moscow will introduce tit-for-tat measures over US ‘attack’ on Russian media | |
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| President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will resort to reciprocal measures in response to US steps against Russian media, which he called an “attack on freedom of speech.” On Friday, Washington ordered RT America to register as a foreign agent. | |
| “The attack on our media is an attack on freedom of speech without any doubt. We are disappointed,” Putin said at a news briefing at the APEC summit in Vietnam on Saturday. | |
| He added that the Russian parliament is currently discussing the response and voicing “tough suggestions.” | |
| “But we will definitely respond and it [the response] will be reciprocal,” the Russian president warned. | |
| READ MORE: ‘McCarthyism on steroids’: US war on Russian media won’t stop with branding RT foreign agent | |
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