Earlier, German media regulator MABB officially banned RT DE from broadcasting in Germany, claiming that it does not have the necessary permission.
Russia is shutting down Deutsche Welle's broadcast in response to Germany banning RT DE and is launching a procedure to recognise it as a foreign agent, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The correspondent's office of the German television and radio company Deutsche Welle in the Russian Federation has been closed," the ministry said, adding that all employees of the Russian bureau will lose their accreditation.
Moscow will also draw up a list of officials involved in blocking RT DE's broadcast who will be barred from entering Russia, the ministry added.
source:SPUTNIKNEWS.COM - SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL