A telecommunications regulator in the United Kingdom has revoked the broadcasting license of the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT.
While RT was pulled by British broadcasters weeks ago due to concerns about misinformation amid the invasion of Ukraine, the station remained available via satellite. The revoking of Russia's license by Ofcom makes it impossible for the station to begin broadcasting again.
Ofcom also noted Russia's new law restricting journalism within its borders, rendering it seemingly"impossible for RT to comply with the due impartiality rules of [Ofcom's] Broadcasting Code in the circumstances.
"By ignoring RT's completely clean record of four consecutive years and stating purely political reasons tied directly to the situation in Ukraine and yet completely unassociated to RT's operations, structure, management or editorial output, Ofcom has falsely judged RT to not be 'fit and proper' and in doing so robbed the U.K. public of access to information," Belkina added.
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