The problem there is that the EU has started copying the USA, and has just recently sanctioned multiple journalists for telling stories that don't align with their narrative on Russia/Ukraine.
Regardless, should we really sanction our own citizens simply for reporting, in good faith, something that goes against the state-sponsored narrative (true or otherwise)?
This is legit the kind of stuff we used to use as examples as why "Russia is bad".
There is no equivalency bettween what Russia actually does here these days ... or between what was going on in Russia as Putin cemented his power, ressurected Stalins mythology about Stalin as a great leader and how communist Russia operated.
These false equivalencies amd attempts to hint that Ukraine war is anything else then a territorial expansion are not just "regardless".
For me, the really i.portsnt point is to not imply whatever conspira y theory about Ukraine deserving it could be implied.
And likewise, the importsnt part for me was to negate the false equivalency.
I am ok with sanctioning Russia as such, as much as possible. Sadly they have powerful allies in US now ... but for now, Russia and US are the greatest threats to freedom in Europe.
We're not discussing conspiracy theories, or sanctioning of Russia for that matter - this is about EU journalists being sanctioned for reporting in good faith.
