Putin has recently passed a law punishing the deliberate spread of fake news with upto 15 years in jail which has caused several western news organizations to pull out of Russia fearing the penalty.
Following President Vladimir Putin's enactment of the law punishing the purposeful distribution of disinformation the BBC, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, and Bloomberg have ceased operations in Russia.
CNN said it would "stop broadcasting in Russia while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward" after the anti-fake news bill was passed on Friday.
Bloomberg, the news organization created by US billionaire Michael Bloomberg and owned by him, stated it will "temporarily suspend the work of its journalists inside Russia," accusing Moscow of criminalizing "independent reporting."
According to the New York-based outlet, the war on disinformation would make it “impossible to continue any semblance of normal journalism inside the country.”
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