BRUSSELS, June 3. /TASS/. The European Union has suspended the operation of three Russian television channels, namely Rossiya-24, RTR-Planeta and TV-Center across the bloc’s territory, as part of its sixth package of sanctions, the Council of the EU said in a statement on Friday.

"The EU is suspending the broadcasting activities in the EU of three more Russian state-owned outlets: Rossiya RTR/RTR Planeta, Rossiya 24 / Russia 24 and TV Centre International," the statement reads.

"In line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, these measures will not prevent those media outlets and their staff from carrying out activities in the EU other than broadcasting, e.g. research and interviews," the statement added.

The Council of the EU adopted on Friday the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a delayed embargo on Russian seaborne crude oil and petroleum products, de-SWIFTing of Sberbank, Russian Agricultural Bank, Credit Bank of Moscow, and the Belarusian Bank for Development and Reconstruction.