Rossiya Segodnya is a Russian government-linked media group. It is funded from the federal budget of the Russian Federation. Through its subordinate media outlet, Sputnik, it spreads pro-Government propaganda and disinformation on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, defining Ukraine as a Nazi regime and disseminating false information on bioweapons programmes in Ukraine. Furthermore, Rossiya Segodnya is disseminating information on Western countries being responsible through their sanctions against Russia for a food crisis in Africa.

Rossiya Segodnya is therefore supporting materially actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Furthermore, it supports and benefits from the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.

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