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It is a pity that the German authorities have become worried about Myrotvorets website only after the former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder got into its base. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokeswoman Maria Zakharova apprised that Berlin had commented on it eventually, TASS reports. However, she highlighted that it was done only for opportunistic ends.
The MFA remembered that Moscow had repeatedly called for the illegal website ban. Russia appealed to Western countries to put pressure on Kiev to stop illegal activities in relation to the media.
However, “our Western partners turn a blind eye to repressions against unwanted mass media,” said Maria Zakharova. “The reaction follows only if they became the victims themselves,” - she added.
Note that Myrotvorets website operates for more than a year but its IP address has recently changed from Canadian to American. The portal contains personal data of Russian, Ukrainian and other journalists who received accreditation in Donetsk and Lugansk. Some of them were threatened. The journalists stated that they were shocked by the fact that their personal information was made public and asked to investigate this case as well as to remove their data from Internet resources. Myrotvorets access is blocked In Russia by a court decision. The website lists many journalists and cultural activists from Russia. It also has information about the head of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Onuphrius. It keeps the name of the murdered Oles Buzina. The murder of a journalist is still under investigation.
As Russkiy Mir reported, on November 15 the German Foreign Ministry demanded Kiev to forbid the infamous Myrotvorets. The German Foreign Ministry’s reaction followed only when Gerhard Schroeder, ex-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, had been included into the database. The Myrotvorets’ creators blamed the German politician for allegedly encroaching on the sovereignty of Ukraine and "anti-Ukrainian propaganda.”
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