Russia Today: News Channel RT's UK Licence Revoked by Ofcom

BBC: Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked "with immediate effect" by media regulator Ofcom.

The watchdog said RT's parent body ANO TV Novosti was not "fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence".

RT's coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been under investigation by Ofcom, and the channel had already disappeared from UK screens.

RT, formerly named Russia Today, called Ofcom "a tool of the government".

The channel became unavailable on all UK broadcast platforms earlier this month as a result of a ban imposed by the European Union. » | Friday, March 18, 2022

RT Reporter Gets Exclusive Access to Kim Jong-un’s Residence in North Korea

Amid continuing uncertainty over a US-North Korea peace summit later this month, Russia's Foreign Minister met with the leader of North Korea in person on Thursday.

RT's correspondent Ilya Petrenko has been following this meeting - and was granted EXCLUSIVE access to one of Kim Jong-Un's residences.

'Hello': RT Journalist Visits North Korean Leader’s Private Residence, Talks to Kim Jong-un's Sister

RT’s Ilya Petrenko became one of few foreign journalists to have visited Kim Jong-un's private palace

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Interview With Russia Today

‘It’s a Shame Truth Is Being Sacrificed’ – Oliver Stone on RT UK’s Bank Account Closure

Film director, screenwriter & producer Oliver Stone talks to host of Going Underground Afshin Rattansi on RT UK bank account cancellation.

RT Bank Accounts in UK Will Be Closed without Explanation

RT channel’s bank accounts will be closed in the UK without any explanation. The official statement from NatWest: ‘We have recently undertaken a review of your banking arrangements with us and reached the conclusion that we will no longer provide these facilities’

RT Presenter Oksana Boyko Responds to Boris Johnson - BBC Newsnight

Emily Maitlis speaks to RT presenter Oksana Boyko about Boris Johnson's call for protests outside the Russian embassy over its actions in Syria. Note: this video has been edited to remove a delay on the line.

Prince Charles Attacked by Russian-funded TV Channel over Putin Remarks

Prince Charles has been criticised by Russian-backed TV station
for comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler

THE GUARDIAN: 'If anyone knows real Nazis, it's the British royal family,' says Russia Today, before introducing explanatory video

A Kremlin-funded news channel has hit back at Prince Charles likening Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler by highlighting the royal family's historical links to the Nazis.

The unashamedly pro-Russian broadcaster Russia Today said Charles should look to his own family history before criticising Putin over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

"If anyone knows real Nazis it's the royal family," said RT senior political correspondent Anissa Naouai on its In the Now programme. She then introduced a slick video graphic of a mocked-up photo album providing a pictorial guide to the House of Windsor's Nazi links. Read on and comment » | Matthew Weaver | Friday, May 23, 2014

Breaking Up with Vladimir Putin

Russia Today TV Presenter Liz Wahl Quits On Air

BBC: For the second time American presenters on the Russian backed TV station Russia Today have gone off script to voice their personal concerns about Russia's occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Abby Martin signed off her programme with an ad-libbed attack on the Kremlin. Now her colleague Liz Wahl has added her voice to the disquiet among the channel's on air staff by announcing her resignation on air.

Katy Watson reports. (+ BBC video) » | Thursday, March 06, 2014

Russia Today Host Who Criticised Kremlin Sent to Crimea

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Russian state-funded TV presenter in anti-Kremlin tirade sent to Crimea to get a 'better understanding' of situation on the ground


A TV presenter working for a Kremlin-funded channel who spoke out against Russia's military invasion in Ukraine live on air has been sent by the broadcaster to Crimea to "better her knowledge" of the situation.

In an off-message tirade, Abby Martin, a Washington-based American news anchor for Russia Today, shocked mostly pro-Russian viewers by announcing she "cannot stress enough" how strongly she felt about presence of its troops in Crimea, saying "Russia was wrong".

The host addressed the camera in unscripted remarks at the end of the station's Breaking the Set segment, saying: "Just because I work here, for RT, doesn't mean I don't have editorial independence and I can't stress enough how strongly I am against any military intervention in sovereign nations' affairs.

"I will not sit here and apologise or defend military aggression," she went on.

The English-language Russia Today is widely perceived as the voice of the Kremlin, with Reporters Without Borders describing it as a "step of the state to control information." » | Josie Ensor | Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Ahmadinejad: West Wants Syrian Crisis to Spread, Aims to Re-shape Mideast (RT Exclusive)

Western nations are stirring up a hornet's nest in Syria because peace is not playing into their hands. That's one of the things Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told RT during an exclusive interview in Moscow. (July 2, 2013)

Assad: Erdogan Thinks He's Caliph, New Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Assad: Not a civil war, terrorism my enemy, no regrets for now

'Assad Is Completely Demonized by the Press' – RT’s Interviewer
Bashar Assad talking to RT's Sophie Shevardnadze.

Assad: Erdogan Thinks He's Caliph, New Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Exclusive)
Bashar al-Assad talks to Sophie Shevardnadze | Assad: Not a civil war, terrorism my enemy, no regrets for now

Julian Assange and Ecuador's President Correa - The World Tomorrow
During Assange's interview with President Correa for his series The World Tomorrow, the two men clearly struck up a bond. Was it during this interview that Assange first got the idea of claiming asylum from a sympathetic Ecuador?

Calling him "my dear Julian", the immediate rapport between Assange and President Correa is obvious. "Are you having fun with this interview Julian? Me too", Correa laughs. Discussion swirls around their mutual mistrust of the USA. "The last thing I'd be is anti-American, however I will call a spade a spade", asserts Correa, as he details his controversial and furious counter-offensive against US interests in Ecuador: after Wikileaks published damning US cables, Correa threw the US ambassador out of the country. "Wikileaks has made us stronger", the president insists. As the colourful interview draws to a close, Correa offers these heartfelt words of comfort to Assange: "Welcome to the club of the persecuted!"


THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: When Wikileaks founder Julian Assange met Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa: Julian Assange, who has taken refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, recently interviewed the country's president Rafael Correa for his television show on Russia Today, it has emerged. » | Wednesday, June 20, 2012

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