The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian lawyer to Vienna due to the expulsion of the journalist from the Russian Federation, the chief correspondent of the Moscow bureau of ORF television channel Carola Schneider. This was reported by RIA News Citing Agence France Presse.
Austria summoned Russia’s representative in the country on Wednesday to protest Moscow’s “unprecedented” withdrawal of an Austrian journalist’s accreditation.
Before that, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs It has been ordered Carole Schneider, head of the Moscow office of the Austrian TV channel ORF, will leave Russia.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that this step was coercive and retaliatory, as discrimination against Russian media representatives continues in Austria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also emphasized that Schneider could return to Russia if Vienna changes its attitude towards Russian journalists.
Previously in the European Union commented The decision of the Russian Federation to ban the publication of some Western media.
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Source: Gazeta
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