Moscow ? Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it would not renew permission for ABC-TV to operate in the country after the network broadcast an interview with a notorious Chechen warlord.

In a statement, the ministry said ABC would be considered “undesirable” by all Russian state agencies because of an interview with Shamil Basayev, which was broadcast last week on “Nightline.”

The ministry called the broadcast a “clear fact supporting the propaganda of terrorism” and said it “resounded with direct calls for violence against Russian citizens.” As a result, the ministry said it decided “not to renew the accreditations of employees of this television company after they expire.”

ABC News had no immediate comment.