Moscow classifies Deutsche Welle broadcaster a ‘foreign agent’

Russia on Monday classified German state TV broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) as a “foreign agent”, according to a statement from the justice department in Moscow, in the wake of a ban on the organisation broadcasting in Russia last month. DW director general Peter Limbourg called the decision “expected”, but a “further attack on press freedom and a fresh attempt to cut the Russian population off from free, independent media.”