Egalite, Fraternite and Censorship: Russian Journalists Banned by French President

Let's move on to France, where the authorities are afraid of any criticism and keeping out of it.

Let's move on to France, where the authorities are afraid of any criticism and keeping out of it.

An RT journalist wasn't allowed to enter the Elysee Palace. The guards stopped the correspondent right at the entrance, not letting him attend a briefing of the president's spokesperson.

 

When the TV Channel's representative showed his press pass, he was told that only journalists were allowed to the meeting, and RT employees were not considered eligible.

Five days ago Emmanuel Macron's team, who are afraid of uncomfortable questions, didn't permit the shooting of the Rome summit, though the accreditation was received beforehand.

The RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan has already advised the French government to read through their own Constitution instead of exerting themselves protecting baguettes, a sort of bread they have.