Russian state media orders reporters to stop calling the Taliban a ‘banned terrorist organization’

In an abrupt policy change, the Russian state news agency Rossiya Segodnya has forbidden its reporters from referring to the Taliban in published content as a terrorist organization that is banned in Russia. The Telegram channel Ostorozhno Novosti (a project by Ksenia Sobchak) broke the story, sharing a copy of an internal memo sent to the news agency's personnel. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/11/08/russian-state-media-orders-reporters-to-stop-calling-the-taliban-a-banned-terrorist-organization