WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Sputnik contacted RSF for the organization’s comments on the European Parliament's resolution to counter Russian media outlets adopted earlier in the day.
"Thank you for your request. However, I have to remind you that our board has taken a decision (already a while ago) not to give any more interviews to media of the Rossiya Segodnya group. Thank you for your understanding," Dreyer said.
Earlier in the day, the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution on countering Russian media outlets, such as the Sputnik news agency and the RT broadcaster. Authors of the document equate counteracting Russia with the resistance to Daesh terrorist group and call on EU member states to boost financing counter-propaganda projects.
Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency is an international media group whose mission is to cover world events in a prompt, balanced, and unbiased manner. Rossiya Segodnya offers alternative views on key events in Russia and elsewhere. Besides Sputnik, the agency operates a number of information resources, including RIA Novosti, RIA Real Estate, Prime, R-Sport, RIA Rating and InoSMI. Rossiya Segodnya boasts the highest citation ranking among Russian media and is building the citation rate of its foreign brands while leading in the Russian blogosphere and social media.
Reporters Without Borders, established in 1985 is an international nonprofit organization registered in France that reportedly defends freedom of information, and has consultative status with the United Nations.
