NEWSWATCH: “Kremlin-Backed Broadcaster RT Says Loses UK Banking Services” – Reuters
Russia accused Britain of political censorship … after a British state-owned bank withdrew its services from Kremlin-backed Russian broadcaster RT. … A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May distanced the British government from the row, saying it was up to NatWest who it offered services to based on its own appetite for risk. … British broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled against RT in the past, saying programs on Syria and Ukraine were misleading and flouted Britain’s broadcasting code. RT has called those decisions unfair. … last year when the Russian government accused Barclays of censorship after the British bank accounts of state news agency Rossiya Segodnya were shut. The agency’s head, Dmitry Kiselyov, is on a European Union sanctions list related to Russia’s actions in Ukraine.