A foreign ministry spokesperson warned U.S. media outlets that if Russian journalists were not able to work freely in the United States, then their reporters in Russia risked facing similar difficulties
Russia warned U.S. news organizations on Monday they risked being stripped of their accreditation unless the treatment of Russian journalists in the United States improves, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, announced last week she was calling in the heads of U.S. media outlets to notify them of “the most stringent measures” in response to the “hostility” encountered by their Russian peers in the United States. She told the U.S. media representatives that unless things changed, then the U.S. journalists would have to leave. She added that Russia did not want to do this but was being forced to because of the plight of Russian journalists.
Spokespersons for U.S. media organizations such as Associated Press, CNN, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the meeting.
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