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RUSSIA THREATENS RETALIATION

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Russia is threatening “retaliatory measures” against YouTube after the company removed its state media RT’s German-language channels for allegedly containing COVID-19 misinformation.

Russia said the company is engaging in “unprecedented information aggression” and is breaking Russian law, Reuters reported.

“There should certainly be zero tolerance for this kind of breaking of the law,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The country’s foreign ministry is working on “a proposal to develop and take retaliatory measures against the YouTube hosting service and the German media,” according to the wire service.