MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. CNN’s lawsuit against US President Donald Trump can be useful for Russian journalists, who may find themselves in a similar situation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Facebook page.
"Great! I advise Russian journalists, who are working in the United States, to closely follow the fate of this lawsuit," she said. "The precedent may prove to be quite useful if some of them are denied accreditation, despite meeting all formal requirements. Or, if their questions are left unanswered."
CNN reported on Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House and a ruling from the court preventing the White House from revoking Acosta's pass in the future.
The incident, which served as a formal pretext to revoke Acosta's accreditation in the White House, took place during Trump’s news conference to sum up the results of the midterm elections last Wednesday. After the CNN reporter asked his question, Trump, whose antipathy for CNN is widely known, told the reporter to sit down and a moderator of the conference tried to take away his microphone.