''Interdit d'interdire'' wasa live, daily (4 days per week), cultural,

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created by

Frédéric Taddeï Frédéric Taddeï (born 5 January 1961) is a French journalist and television and radio host. He hosted '' Interdit d'interdire'' on the French-language version of the Russian state-controlled television network RT from 2018 until 2022, when h ...

. Taddeï was the host of the show until his resignation on 23 February 2022 in response to Russia's recognition of the

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and

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breakaway states immediately before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, RT was banned by the

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on all the territory of the

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and RT France ceased activities on 21 January 2023. The show was named after the

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'' Il est interdit d'interdire !'' created by

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and which became one of the popular slogans during

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