Russia will take into account the “behavior” of Western media and the attitude towards Russian journalists abroad when deciding whether to accredit its journalists for important events in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said on Saturday, the state-run TASS news agency quoted him as saying. from Reuters.

Journalists from countries that Russia calls “unfriendly” have not been accredited to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is still ongoing.

When asked whether Moscow would allow Western journalists to attend events in Russia in the future, Peskov said: “We’ll see what the situation will be, how (foreign media) will behave.”

Peskov added that the granting of powers will also depend on how Russian journalists are treated in “unfriendly” countries, a label Moscow uses for states that have imposed sanctions because of what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

“Everything will depend on the attitude towards our journalists from foreign – unfriendly countries,” said the Kremlin spokesman.

“We will not act as before. We will be ready to receive them (Western journalists), but we will not tolerate such treatment of our journalists from abroad,” he added.