
The European Union has sent a strong message to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. The latter is not imposing sanctions on Moscow, while today the EU has decided to take measures against the Russia Today (RT) Balkan channel, a Russian channel that operates and broadcasts from the territory of Serbia. It is included in the list of entities which the European Union will sanction in the 11th package of sanctions against Russia.
It is learned from diplomatic sources that the EU has officially submitted the list of all entities that will be added to the list of sanctions, and RT Balkan is also there.
Among the media that will be sanctioned, because they are accused of spreading Russian propaganda and spreading misinformation, are also the platforms: "Oriental View", "Tsargrad", "Kategon" and "New Western Outlook".
According to this decision, the sanctions against these media will come into effect on October 1 of this year.
Russia Today for the Balkans, based in Belgrade, started broadcasting in Serbian in November 2022, half a year after the start of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
The aim of the latest package of EU sanctions against Russia is to prevent the evasion of sanctions through third countries.
The Russia Today channel is already under EU sanctions, but not some branches that this medium has in countries outside Russia and outside the EU.
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