The Kremlin Denies That All Foreign Media Had Their Victory Day Parade Accreditations Revoked

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Foreign journalists will not be allowed into the Victory Day parade for the first time. Russian authorities revoked previously issued accreditations for journalists from all foreign media outlets, the German publication Der Spiegel reported. A Kremlin representative told the outlet that “in connection with the current situation…”

The Kremlin denies that all foreign media had their accreditations for the Victory Day parade revoked

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Der Spiegel, which reported this, is “giving incorrect, false information.”

He confirmed that a limited number of journalists have in fact been accredited for the parade, but emphasized that among them are representatives of “international media outlets that regularly cover the work of the president of the Russian Federation.”

“There has not been a single case in which anyone was stripped of accreditation,” Peskov claims.

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