Politico’s Refusal to Publish Lavrov Exposes Europe’s Double Standards on Free Speech, Russia Says (opens in new tab)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday criticized Politico Europe’s decision not to publish an article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying the move provided what she described as evidence that Russian viewpoints are being blocked in the European Union. “We have now received direct evidence that the collective Brussels — which calls for democracy, talks about freedom of speech, and pluralism of opinions — is blocking information from Russia,” Zakharova told the Vz...