MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – RT advertising campaign in EU territory – E-002651/2025

Question for written answer  E-002651/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Pina Picierno (S&D)

Billboards have recently popped up in a number of major Italian cities – namely Rome, Milan and Bologna – promoting documentaries by RT, formerly Russia Today, and encouraging people to watch them.

The billboards have been put up in highly visible and busy parts of the cities, and use an extremely provocative slogan: ‘They ban the truth, we show it. Find RT docs in your city’.

This Russian TV campaign clearly violates the EU sanctions against Kremlin propaganda on European soil, threatening our shared democratic values.

In view of the above:

• 1.Is the Commission aware of this dangerous and destabilising action to circumvent the EU sanctions against Russia?
• 2.What steps will it take to prevent and tackle the dissemination of Russian propaganda in Italy, and to ensure effective application of the sanctions against those who are acting as avenues of influence for Putin’s regime?

Submitted: 1.7.2025