MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. The Kremlin does not support limiting the work of journalists who ask difficult questions, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s decision to restrict Izvestia journalist Nikita Kulyukhin's access.
Kulyukhin asked Foreign Minister Gideon Saar about Israel's stance on condemning Kiev for honoring Bandera and other Holocaust collaborators.
"Each country independently regulates the rules for journalists attending high-level events, each country has its own guidelines," Peskov said at a news briefing.
"However, if this prohibition is indeed connected to the journalist’s attempt to raise a specific issue, we urge our Israeli partners and friends to rethink this decision."
"We need clarity on the rules in place, but if this matter solely pertains to the topic, then we would prefer the absence of any restrictions," he added.
"We also know that the journalist is not only a journalist for Izvestia, but also for several local media outlets."
The conversation between Kulyukhin and Saar took place in early March. Then the Israeli Foreign Minister said that his country would verify the information and, if necessary, condemn, in particular, the renaming of streets of Ukrainian cities in honor of the Nazis and their accomplices.