The EU will sanction Ras Today Balkan in the next package of measures

The Russian state channel Russia Today (RT) began broadcasting in Serbian in November 2022.

The European Union (EU) will sanction Russia Today Balkans in a new package of restrictive measures, which will soon be adopted.

Radio Free Europe (RSE) had an insight into the draft of the latest proposal for the 11th package of sanctions against Russia, in which, among other things, it is stated that Rasha Today Balkans is added to the list of entities against which restrictive measures will be introduced.

This proposal of the European Commission will be discussed at the level of ambassadors of EU member states on Wednesday, May 10.

After this discussion, in the course of this month, formal approval of the new package of sanctions, which the EU is introducing against Russia in response to the aggression against Ukraine, is expected.

The broadcasting of Russia Today (RT) in the EU in other foreign languages ​​has already been sanctioned. RT in German and French are already under European sanctions, and in April 2023, the same decision was made for RT in Arabic.

However, Rasha Today Balkan started broadcasting online in Serbian in November 2022, more than half a year after the start of the war in Ukraine, when the EU was heavily imposing sanctions, including the RT central service.

When the decision was made to open RT in the Serbian language, the European Union asked Serbia to comply with the EU's decisions, including the restriction of Russian state media broadcasts.

Serbia, however, has not introduced a single restrictive measure against Russia since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, although Brussels is urging it to do so because the country is a candidate for EU membership, which is expected to harmonize its foreign policy with EU policies.