97That is the context in which the applicant invokes the right to freedom of expression. Thus, he does not rely on that right in order to defend himself against the Russian State, but rather to protect himself against restrictive measures, of a precautionary, rather than penal, nature, which the Council adopted in reaction to the actions and policies of the Russian Government destabilising Ukraine. It is well known that those actions and policies are the subject of extensive media coverage in Russian and are often presented to the Russian people, through propaganda, as being fully justified.
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