Germany arrests couple for ‘illegal’ RT broadcasts
A German man and his Ukrainian wife allegedly provided banned Russian channels | The German authorities have arrested a couple suspected of providing RT and other Russian TV channels to customers via the internet, in violation of EU sanctions. ● The bloc banned almost all Russian media organizations in March 2022, calling them a threat to democracy and citing the Ukraine conflict. The EU bans were then applied worldwide by US-based social media giants such as YouTube. [...] The District Court in Karlsruhe, a city in Baden-Wurttemberg near the German border with France, has also issued an asset seizure order for approximately €120,000 ($134,000) in “illegal income” from the alleged activity.
■ Moscow reacts to Germany’s arrest of couple for ‘illegal’ RT broadcasts (RT.com)