Languages: DeutschThe German branch of Kremlin-backed outlet Russia Today (RT DE) will shut its doors following the latest round of EU sanctions, a month after its French counterpart was forced to do the same. In a statement released late last week, RT DE announced that it would cease its journalistic operations in Germany in reaction to EU restrictions, denouncing what it described as the EU’s “repressive restrictions on press and media freedoms”, which it said had forced the decision. In December, exiled TV Rain (Dozhd), which was forced off the air in Russia in March 2022 and subsequently established bases in the EU, had its Latvian TV licence revoked after one of its journalists implied that the channel could contribute to the Russian war effort