German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF suspend coverage from Russia

German public broadcasters

and

announced on Saturday the temporary suspension of their coverage from Moscow, the time to "

" of the recent Russian law threatening sanctions for any dissemination of "

".

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The two public broadcasters are "

," a statement said.

They will “

” from other sites outside of Russia.

This decision follows that of other international media to suspend the activity of their journalists in Russia.

Up to 15 years in prison for journalists

The

agency announced on Friday that it would temporarily suspend its "

", according to its editor John Micklethwait.

The new law, signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday, provides for prison terms of up to 15 years in prison for spreading information aimed at '

' military forces and also punishes any call to sanction Moscow .

It "

," added John Micklethwait.

The American news channel

 also announced that it would immediately suspend the broadcasting of its programs in Russia "

".

Earlier, the British public broadcasters

and Canadian

had also announced the same decision.

channel

has been represented in Moscow since 1956. Asked by AFP, a spokeswoman for the regional station Westdeutscher Rundfunk, head of the Moscow bureau for the

and

channels in Russia, did not specify whether the journalists on place were going to continue their work of collecting information.

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