Greek and Cypriot news outlets included in Russia’s list of blocked EU media

Moscow announced on Tuesday that it is blocking access within Russia to the broadcasts of 81 media outlets from the European Union, including several from Greece and Cyprus.

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT),  Skai Media Holding (skai.gr), Mega television channel (Megatv.com) and the Proto Thema newspaper (protothema.gr) were the Greek media news outlets included in the list of banned media released by the Russian Foreign Ministry.  

Three Cypriot news media outlets were also included in the list: the Politis newspaper (politis.com.cy), Cyprus Times online information website (cyprustimes.com) and Cyprus Mail newspaper (cyprus-mail.com).

The European Union said in May it was suspending the distribution of what it described as four "Kremlin-linked propaganda networks," stripping them of their broadcasting rights in the bloc.

It said at the time...