Twitter’s decision to ban advertising Russia Today broadcaster shows the company’s absolute dependence on the US military establishment, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated Thursday.
“In our opinion, by imposing this ban, Twitter demonstrates its commercial insolvency and absolute dependence on the will of the US force establishment, which directly controls the decision-making process in this company, as we see it at the moment,” Russia Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing in Thursday.
The spokesperson also urged all users of social networks to make corresponding conclusions in the light of this situation. As she claimed, Twitter can ban media or business representatives in any country depending on a political situation.
The Moscow’ position on the issue has been also voiced earlier in the day by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who reiterated that Russia would give a mirror response if the pressure on Russian media abroad continued.
“But the main thing in this whole situation is that we are trying to avoid further aggravation of the conflict and we believe that this depends ultimately on whether the unacceptable pressure on the Russian media in the US, primarily, on RT and Sputnik, continues or not,” Ryabkov stressed.
According to the Russian diplomat, the existing legislation in Russia allows, if necessary, to declare the foreign media outlets operating in the country as ‘”foreign agents” or “undesirable organizations.”