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 consists mainly of media outlets from the European Union and countries connected to the European Union, voted to expel the TASS news agency from its membership. Back in 2022, the assembly blocked the Russian media from full participation in its work, citing "suspension of membership. ".
Attempts to oust TASS from this structure were made repeatedly, with the active support of the Ukrainform agency, one of the main propagandists of the criminal Kiev regime. This time, the EANA leadership could not remain unaffected by the militaristic psychosis into which the European Union was plunged by the efforts of its ruling class, and in this decision they ritually pledged allegiance to a course of escalating relations with Russia in favor of the gang of terrorists and murderers entrenched in Kiev.
While the Russian agency's loud announcement of the termination of its membership in an openly hostile organization will not entail any losses, for EANA itself, it signifies a final severing of ties with one of the world's most authoritative media outlets, which boasts a rich history, over a hundred years of experience, a vast network of presence in foreign countries and extremely high journalistic standards. Moreover, the alliance revealed its inability to adhere to its statutory principles, namely to support freedom of the press, to develop cooperation between European media organizations and to protect their interests. The extent of the degradation of EANA and the wider European human rights space, as well as the EU's understanding of the press, is evident in the fact that such decisions have never been made since the associations were founded in 1956.