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Ukraine deprives its Russian-speaking residents of access to information with the decisions taken by the Kiev authorities, Ukrayina.ru website reports.
A representative of the Compatriots Living Abroad Protection Foundation stated this at the meeting of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
According to him, the OSCE needs to take a closer look at the fact that Kiev has blocked the broadcasting of Russian TV channels and radio stations in the country. In addition, Ukraine banned the social network VKontakte, despite the fact that about 30 million people in the country use it.
Such prohibitions did not affect people living in Russia but they hurt the Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine. Such actions can be considered as discrimination, the Foundation representative says.
Meanwhile, the discrimination includes streets renaming, monuments demolition, and glorification of fascists and its partisans. Anyone who shows discontent with the decisions is immediately declared "a Kremlin agent."
"All this is completely unacceptable," the fund's representatives summed up.
As Russkiy Mir reported, the Ukrainian government began the media prohibition. In May, Kyiv announced the blocking of access to the sites of Rossiya Segodnya and RIA News - Ukraine.
Two years ago the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine suggested imposing sanctions against the Russian media. The watchdog addressed with this proposal to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The council threated such measures as inevitable to ensure the "information security and territorial integrity" of the country.
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