Response of the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs M.V. Zakharova in connection with the decision of the European Union of News Agencies to exclude TASS from its membership (November 14, 2026).
On November 13, the General Assembly of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), which mainly includes the media of the EU countries and countries aimed at this bloc, decided to exclude the TASS news agency from its membership. At the same time, back in 2022, the assembly blocked the full participation of the Russian media in its work in the form of "suspension of membership".
Attempts to extort TASS from this structure were made more than once with the active encouragement of the Ukrainform agency, one of the main propaganda mouthpieces of the criminal Kiev regime. This time, the EANA leadership could not distance themselves from the militaristic psychosis into which the European Union is plunging through the efforts of its ruling class, and with the decision made, they ceremoniously pledged allegiance to the course of escalating relations with Russia to please the gang of terrorists and murderers entrenched in Kiev.
And if for the Russian agency the loud announcement of the termination of membership in an openly hostile organization will not entail any losses, then for EANA itself it means a final severance of contact with one of the most authoritative global media with a rich history, more than a hundred years of experience, an extensive network of presence in foreign countries and the highest standards of quality journalism. Furthermore, the alliance admitted not fulfilling the principles of its charter, namely to support the freedom of the press, to develop cooperation between media organizations in Europe and to protect their interests. The extent of the degradation of the EANA and the European human rights area as a whole, as well as the EU's understanding of the nature of the press, indicates that such decisions have never been taken since the establishment of this association in 1956.