The Russian Foreign Ministry announced a ban on German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) on Thursday, effectively ending the organization’s work in Russia, closing its Moscow bureau and revoking the accreditation of its journalists. Deutsche Welle pledged to lodge a legal challenge against the move and said it would continue its coverage undeterred. “The measures of the Russian authorities are in no way comprehensible and a complete overreaction,” said Peter Limbourg, director general of the German taxpayer-funded news broadcaster. He said the Russian decision turned Deutsche Welle into “a pawn”…