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EANA expels Russian state news agency TASS
The European Alliance of News Agencies voted to expel TASS, Russia’s state-owned news agency.
The vote took place at the alliance’s General Assembly in Larnaca, Cyprus.
TASS’s membership had been suspended since March 2022, and the alliance announced the expulsion on Friday.
TASS chief Andrey Kondrashov criticized the decision, calling it a sign of decline in European institutions.
Kondrashov said the alliance gave no examples of disinformation by TASS, and accused it of acting at the initiative of a Ukrainian agency.
Nineteen of the 20 agencies that voted supported expulsion, according to TASS.
Kondrashov said TASS would think carefully before considering any future return to the alliance.
The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) expelled Russian state-owned news agency TASS after a General Assembly vote on Friday, November 13.
TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov criticized the expulsion, calling it a sign of a degrading Europe.
TASS said its membership had been suspended since March 2022.
According to TASS, 19 of 20 agencies voting at an EANA meeting in Larnaca supported the measure.
EANA’s press service confirmed the General Assembly’s decision, but the sources do not state its reasons.
- Who
- The European Alliance of News Agencies expelled Russian state-owned news agency TASS.
- What
- EANA’s General Assembly voted to expel TASS.
- When
- Friday, November 13, 2026.
- Where
- The vote took place at an EANA meeting in Larnaca.
- Why
- Not stated. TASS said it received no explanation.
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TASS said its membership in EANA had been suspended.
Votes to expel TASS failed to receive the required three-fourths approval, according to Kondrashov.
EANA’s General Assembly voted to expel TASS.
- Organization
- European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA)
- Agency expelled
- TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency
- Vote location
- Larnaca
- Vote
- 19 of 20 agencies supported the measure, according to TASS
- Membership status
- Suspended since March 2022, according to TASS
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What people are saying
Degradation across a number of European institutions is ongoing.
We are adamant that a time will come soon when they will ask TASS to return.