27/01/23 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 27 January, the High Representative of the Union, Josep Borrell, strongly condemns the previous day’s decision made by the Russian authorities to designate the independent media outlet Meduza as an “undesirable organisation”, calling for the repeal of the legislation. “This is yet another serious politically motivated attack on media freedom in Russia”, Borrell said, arguing that the authorities wanted to prevent the independent media from providing Russian audiences with access to factual information about the war in Ukraine. Together with the decision taken by the City of Moscow to terminate the rental agreements of the Sakharov Centre’s premises, “this marks a dark day for the Russian civil society and a new low point in the Kremlin’s bulldozing of rights and freedoms of the Russian citizens”, he added. (CG)