ER Editor: See also this piece by RT France (browsers will translate) titled RT France placed in compulsory liquidation
We’re not entirely sure what is happening at RT France. Back in January, it had its bank accounts frozen and was announced to be closing its operations forthwith. Except it didn’t happen. As of today (April 11), however, the site is not registering new stories after April 7.
As the politico.eu report indicates below, EU sanctions weren’t enough – the site still continued to produce content. So asset-freezing and bankruptcy ensued. Another day in the EU, another day in France.
If you check on Twitter, the RTenfrancais account has been blocked. Wasn’t Twitter supposed to be different? It’s just declared war on Substackers.
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PARIS — A French commercial court has officially declared Kremlin-backed media outlet RT France bankrupt, the company’s President Xenia Fedorova announced on Friday.
“The court of Nanterre took the decision to put RT France in liquidation — a media that has not pleased [French President] Emmanuel Macron since its launch and, which was sanctioned by the EU a year ago as a precautionary measure because of the conflict in Ukraine,” Fedorova tweeted Friday evening.
ER: full text of tweet (April 7)
Aujourd’hui, le Tribunal de Nanterre a pris la décision de mettre RT France en liquidation – un média qui n’a pas plu à Emmanuel Macron depuis son lancement et, qui a été sanctionné par l’UE il y a un an à titre préventif en raison du conflit en Ukraine – en effaçant notre visibilité en Europe et en gelant ensuite tous nos fonds et nos actifs pour s’assurer que nous ne produisions plus de contenu. En conséquence, plus d’une centaine de salariés français seront licenciés dans les prochains jours. Ce n’est rien d’autre que la censure d’un média qui a donné toute liberté aux journalistes, aux animateurs et aux experts et qui n’a jamais enfreint aucune loi, mais qui est resté fidèle à ses valeurs fondamentales, ce qui manquera sans aucun doute aux Français. Je voudrais remercier tous les salariés de RT France, ceux qui m’ont aidé à lancer notre chaîne et surtout ceux qui sont restés jusqu’au dernier moment, se battant pour la liberté d’expression, pour le droit d’informer, pour des opinions et des points de vue différents. Vous avez tous créé un média unique en son genre. Merci aux experts qui ont rendu nos débats diversifiés, merci à nos téléspectateurs qui nous sont restés fidèles en ces temps difficiles.
Today, the Nanterre Court took the decision to put RT France into liquidation – a media outlet that has not pleased Emmanuel Macron since its launch and, which was sanctioned by the EU a year ago as a precautionary measure due to the conflict in Ukraine – wiping out our visibility in Europe and then freezing all of our funds and assets to ensure that we no longer produce content.
As a result, more than 100 French employees will be laid off in the next few days.
This is nothing less than the censorship of a media that has given full freedom to journalists, presenters and experts and has never broken any law, but has remained true to its core values, which the French will undoubtedly miss.
I would like to thank all the employees of RT France, those who helped me launch our channel and especially those who stayed until the last moment, fighting for freedom of expression, for the right to inform, for different opinions and points of view. You have all created a unique medium.
In March last year, the EU banned Russian government-funded media like Sputnik and RT, formerly known as Russia Today, from broadcasting in Europe after Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine.
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