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EU's Resolution to Counter Media Seeks to Silence Defiant Voices - Website Chief

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The resolution adopted by the European Parliament to counter Russian media is an attempt to silence the voices that do not agree with the policy pursued by the European officials, Firas Moukalled, the director of the Lebanese Russia Now website, told Sputnik on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution on countering Russian media outlets, such as the Sputnik news agency and the RT broadcaster. As many as 304 voted in favor the document, 179 voted against and 208 abstained. With a total of 691 officials taking part in the vote, less than half supported the resolution.

"We see the European resolution as an attempt to silence the voices that do not subdue to the European policy, and we believe that this resolution violates all slogans of freedom and democracy that the West brags about, in particular the European Union," Moukalled, the chief of the Lebanese website that specializes in the Russian affairs, said.

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The resolution said that Sputnik and RT posed a danger to European unity and called for extra European Commission funding for counter-propaganda projects.

Sputnik responded by calling the move a direct violation of media freedom and human rights, while Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the matter by pointing out that the document indicates a degradation of democracy in the West. Praising Sputnik and RT for their work, the president expressed hope that real media restrictions would not follow.

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