"The European Union, acting in the name of democracy, is, in fact, trying to apply censorship with the aim of channeling public opinion," de Miera told RIA Novosti.
While EU authorities have the capacity to block access to alternative media outlets for the public, she said, adding that the European Union is afraid of the public opinion.
"They feel hindered by Russian media and by alternative opinions. It looks like an attempt to create an absolute dictatorship… They fear public opinion, this is, in fact, a resolution of the defeated," the journalist said.
Wednesday's 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 will not follow.
